This is a post that I am making in order to make up for the class period on 1-17-2012, which I missed.
This article about gender issues in sport and court rooms is very interesting because these kinds of things do not arise very often. I think this problem will have to be taken seriously now that there are people taking these problems to court. Organizations will have to start to prepare for these situations according to the rulings because they cannot discriminate. I think there must be a line drawn on what leagues these transgender people fit into because we don't want a man switching genders just to go into a women's league and dominate due to pure physical stature. Transgender people have been looked at as a taboo in the past but it is becoming more relevant and accepted along with other people such as gays. I like the idea of the International Olympic Committee in which they set a rule that allows transgender athletes as long as they have had reassignment surgery and at least 2 years of hormone therapy because it levels the playing field more if they do switch genders and sports leagues.
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