Transgender athletes are making the playing field more difficult than it needs to be. This is a new problem arising within this generation, whether it’s as small as school sports to something as big as the Olympics. Having different gendered athletes on the same sports team, whether it is a men’s or women’s team, could be detrimental in my opinion. The main idea is that if a man that identifies as a woman is on a women’s team, then it could be very difficult to even have teams. Transgender athletes are creating a toxic environment for other athletes because things become unfair to other athletes.

There are many teams that I have come across that have a transgender player on their team, and this causes some controversy. A small point that some people don’t understand is that men are naturally more masculine than women, that’s just a fact on its own. So if a male is now on a women’s team, it would be unfair to other female athletes because men are naturally stronger. Another example is if an athlete uses steroids for procedures that are in the process of becoming transgender. These examples are reasons it can be so hard to be an athlete, and not for just women sports teams.

A solution to this is to just be on the team that is your gender, regardless if you change it or not. It just isn’t fair to have a male who identifies as transgender on a women’s team because of the simple fact that men are naturally more masculine. This shouldn’t discourage teenagers and adults to stop playing the sport they love, but only to make things fair between every athlete. Everyone wants a fair chance in a match between teams and when the teams seem unfair, then it’s seen as a waste of time to lose against a team that has transgenders on the team.