"Shockingly Unfair" Five Transgender Women Compete in Volleyball Match

Five transgender athletes participated in a Canadian women's college volleyball game.

According to the New York Post on the 11th, a match between Seneca College (Senecasting) and Centennial College (Centennial), public colleges in Ontario, was held in Toronto, Canada, on the 24th of last month.

Transgender athletes participating in the Canadian Women's University Volleyball Championship.
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In the game, Senecasting had three transgender players, and Centennial had two. The transgender athletes played full-time without substitutions, leading the game with overwhelming skills, while the female players had to remain on the bench.

The match ended with a victory for Senecasting, which had more transgender players.

One of the transgender players from Senecasting, Frantz Lagadas, was part of the men's volleyball team in the 2022?23 season and participated in the women's team less than a year after transitioning.

There are six transgender athletes affiliated with the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA), five of whom are reported not to have undergone hormone therapy or surgical procedures.

The New York Post reported, "In November last year, a Centennial transgender player threw a ball that hit another player, resulting in a concussion diagnosis," and "Last month, another transgender player from Senecasting attempted a strong spike during training, causing a concussion injury to another player."

Locally, concerns are rising that the lack of clear participation regulations for transgender athletes could harm other players.

Netizens responded with comments such as, "This cannot be considered a women's volleyball game," "Real female players are sitting on the bench while biologically male players are taking the court ahead of their teammates," "It's shockingly unfair," and "They should be ashamed (for employing transgender players)."

Meanwhile, in 2022, Lia Thomas (24), who joined the women's swimming team after only hormone therapy, won first place in the 500-yard freestyle event at the U.S. National Collegiate Swimming Championships. During the 2018?2019 season as a men's swimming team member, Thomas ranked 65th in the 500-yard freestyle.

Thomas competed on the women's team after receiving testosterone suppression treatment without surgery, and amid growing controversy over unfair competition, she stated in a May 2022 ESPN interview that "transgender women competing in women's sports does not threaten women's sports as a whole."

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