“Can we finally stop talking about trans sports?” read the headline in the February 11, 2025, Los Angeles Times. Of course this was followed by a column talking about — you guessed it — trans sports. So the answer is no, we have to keep talking about trans sports for the same reason that people keep climbing mountains: because they are there.
Four years ago I ended my ADR column on trans sports by positing that “the case of transgender female athletes may pose one of the ultimate tests for diversity advocates because it requires the difficult weighing of competing legitimate equity concerns, with no simple win-win solution in sight.” I illustrated that conclusion by positing two hypothetical situations.
Continue reading Renewing Diversity #6: Trans Talk – by Carlos Cortés