Transgendered athlete will play in NCAA women's basketball

Allums, a George Washington University student and basketball player, has sparked a controversy. Kye, who’s a female-to-male transgendered pupil, will continue to participate in basketball. He will be competing on the women’s team. The decision was made in cooperation with the National Collegiate Athletic Association and George Washington University.

Allums makes the change from woman to male

The woman that matured as a tomboy was Kye Allums. He said he "always felt like a man trapped in a woman's body" in an interview. He goes to George Washington University and is 21 years old. Over the last few months, Kye has been transitioning to a male identity. Kye is a 5'1'' guard. He was quoted saying, "I didn't choose to be born in this body and feel the way I do."

Kye Allums to participate in National Collegiate Athletic Association women’s basketball

Kye Allums got a scholarship to George Washington University in order to participate on the NCAA woman's basketball team. Kye nevertheless wishes to contend in basketball, though his transgender identity created a difficult situation for the University and the NCAA. The Women's Sports Foundation talked to the school about it. The National Center on Lesbian Rights did also. The compromise reached allows Kye Allums, who’s nevertheless physically woman, to continue competing in women’s basketball as long as he does not undergo testosterone or drug therapy. National Collegiate Athletic Association rules make it so it isn't allowed for women to have more testosterone than what is naturally produced in their bodies.

Sports distinct by gender

The NCAA Kye Allums basketball issue wasn't the first time the transgender issue had been confronted. It’s the very first time in basketball though. The physical gender of Olympic athlete Caster Semenya had been under question for years. A male who became a female is suing the Ladies Professional Golf Association in order to compete as a professional female golfer. This is Lana Lawless. Then some question the whole idea of separating men's and women's athletics. They think the whole thing ought to end. The only way individuals will stop worrying about the transgender issue with sex identification is if athletics change entirely. If sports were all co-ed, then it would not be a concern.

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