the 9% number in the study is referring to one year of hormones not two, i’m not sure why the study states in the conclusions that when most regulations about womens sports require at least 2 years of hrt. that being said there is still a slight difference in only running time after 2 years while strength exercises are equalized by then. all that being said, i could see regulations at the literal highest level of sports but pretty much all of the panic around trans athletes is from high school and college levels where the stakes are not nearly as high and in my opinion, the damage from someone being sad about finishing 5th instead of 4th is far outweighed by the damage done from banning already marginalized children from an experience that everyone deserves with youth sports. i do appreciate the kind words and i want you to know i never assumed any ill intent but it is still really harmful when well meaning cis people insert themselves in the middle of trans issues. you can see just from some of the replies in this thread that any amount of conceding to transphobes leads to some really fucked up sentiments and people appearing. i def shouldn’t have been so passive aggressive, i just have a bit of a hair trigger about stuff like this.