t-and-f: Headline - Games opened to transsexual athletes

2003-11-15 Thread Stella Franci
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Re: t-and-f: Headline - Games opened to transsexual athletes

2003-11-15 Thread Martin J. Dixon
Won't some of the drug tests be skewed? Wayne T. Armbrust wrote: This is absolutely absurd, terminal political correctness. A male to female (so-called) transsexual, even after undergoing hormone therapy, will still have much higher strength indexes than women. Can the IOC cram this down

RE: t-and-f: Headline - Games opened to transsexual athletes

2003-11-15 Thread P.F.Talbot
Also, wasn't gender testing stopped years ago? I suppose the ultimate political correctness would be to eliminate separate male and female events. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin J. Dixon Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 9:01 AM

Re: t-and-f: Oregon coach claims sex bias

2003-11-15 Thread tafnut
If she was paid less than comparible assistants, then she has a good claim regarding past compensation; however, she probably should lose her claim on losing out on the weight event coach position based on Lance's longer, better, and more current athletic career. -Original Message-

Re: t-and-f: Headline - Games opened to transsexual athletes

2003-11-15 Thread koala
On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 11:42:38 -0800 (GMT-08:00), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you a doctor? Yes, as a matter of fact Wayne IS a doctor! Let the medical experts decide. Open your mind a bit: if the experts say they will be competing on a equal footing, then we should trust they have the best of

Re: t-and-f: Oregon coach claims sex bias

2003-11-15 Thread Dan Kaplan
Also, notice that they didn't really specify if the comparable assistants were in different sports. My guess is the assistant track coaches aren't getting free cars and double her salary. Football, quite likely. Apples and oranges, though. Dan --- tafnut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If she was

Re: t-and-f: Headline - Games opened to transsexual athletes

2003-11-15 Thread Wayne T. Armbrust
Do you have a name? If so, use it. tafnut wrote: Are you a doctor? Let the medical experts decide. Open your mind a bit: if the experts say they will be competing on a equal footing, then we should trust they have the best of the Olympic movement in mind which means that everyone should have