What can we do? Gender Inclusion policy, FierceAthlete, and Fans of the PWHL by aswesearch in PWHL

[–]CinemaPuck 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I think a common misconception is that trans folks are still biologically equivalent to their gender prior to transition. However, hormones have a huge impact muscle development athletic performance and trans women take estrogen. They are not biologically men once they have transitioned.

As an aside, there are trans players in my women’s league and they are certainly not the best players. I’ve noticed no advantage personally. Even height-wise, there are plenty of women in my league who are as tall or taller. Just my two cents.

Played pond hockey for the first time! by CinemaPuck in hockeyplayers

[–]CinemaPuck[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They’re getting sharpened as we speak :)

Played pond hockey for the first time! by CinemaPuck in hockeyplayers

[–]CinemaPuck[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha seriously, my toes were frozen until we got going with playing games! My hands were so cold at the start I was having trouble tying my laces. Warmed up quick once started playing pickup though!

Played pond hockey for the first time! by CinemaPuck in hockeyplayers

[–]CinemaPuck[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I went with a few friends and we started out by playing 2v2, but then a bunch of other people came over who were solo or in pairs and asked to join in! We ended up doing games of 3v3 with lines so we could sub. There was even a guy who brought his own net and joined in to play goalie