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Very nice.

Though - and this is coming from a trans person - I would wonder if she is being tested for her testosterone levels during competition prep. While it's nothing I (or any other transwoman I know) would do, it is theoretically possible for a transwoman to build much more muscles mass than a cisgendered woman, by not reducing (or not reducing as much) the testosterone levels.

I don't think she's doing this - I would more be concerned about accusations of unfairness when she competes. Let her be tested as much as the other contestants, and they can review the results so they can tell people to STFU.

/Actually, a post-Orchi transwoman - or one on sufficient anti-androgens - has less testosterone - and therefore less ability to get and maintain muscle mass - than a ciswoman would; she'd have to work harder.
//Ovaries produce testosterone; a typical woman has between 20 and 100 (uncertain about units); I have 10.

Not even on a dare, subby. Looks like a circus freak.

Exception Collection: I would wonder if she is being tested for her testosterone levels during competition prep.

The video said there was no drug testing and no gender checking. Something like that. Also, another woman competing thinks it unfair since she has had longer time with testosterone (her whole life) than other women competitors have had.

I think that's the only thing that would be 'off' on this. Her muscles are developed while as a male.

Not if I hit it first with a 2x4 to the head.

Nadie_AZ: The video said there was no drug testing and no gender checking. Something like that. Also, another woman competing thinks it unfair since she has had longer time with testosterone (her whole life) than other women competitors have had.

I think that's the only thing that would be 'off' on this. Her muscles are developed while as a male.

At work, so no video goodness for me, just article.

Actually, the longer with testosterone may or may not be a BS argument. If she was bodybuilding the entire time - sure, that's an issue. If she was only bodybuilding (again) after starting hormones? Not so much. Even when you have the muscle mass to begin with, it becomes harder and hard to maintain it - think about wrestlers on steroids, and how they bounce between muscular and flabby.

Fark that nonsense. That's a guy.

Exception Collection: Very nice.

Though - and this is coming from a trans person - I would wonder if she is being tested for her testosterone levels during competition prep. While it's nothing I (or any other transwoman I know) would do, it is theoretically possible for a transwoman to build much more muscles mass than a cisgendered woman, by not reducing (or not reducing as much) the testosterone levels.

I don't think she's doing this - I would more be concerned about accusations of unfairness when she competes. Let her be tested as much as the other contestants, and they can review the results so they can tell people to STFU.

/Actually, a post-Orchi transwoman - or one on sufficient anti-androgens - has less testosterone - and therefore less ability to get and maintain muscle mass - than a ciswoman would; she'd have to work harder.
//Ovaries produce testosterone; a typical woman has between 20 and 100 (uncertain about units); I have 10.

"Ciswoman". What is this word?

TheDumbBlonde: "Ciswoman". What is this word?

Ciswoman: Short for Cisgendered woman.

Cisgendered: Opposite of Transgendered; person with matching gender and sex. Etymology: from the Latin "cis" (same side as), and the word gender.

Exception Collection: TheDumbBlonde: "Ciswoman". What is this word?

Ciswoman: Short for Cisgendered woman.

Cisgendered: Opposite of Transgendered; person with matching gender and sex. Etymology: from the Latin "cis" (same side as), and the word gender.

Oh, like a woman. Thanks. Made up words are funny.

I don't think gender matters much in the appearance of body builders. Both sexes seem to have massive pecs and tiny peckers and look like baked fatfree turkeys.

I'm just happy to have learned the term "cisgendered woman". I plan on educating all my heath care professionals. My OB/GYN will welcome this info.

TheDumbBlonde: "Ciswoman". What is this word?

It means you don't need CIS to figure out it's a woman.

LowbrowDeluxe: spentmiles: Ugh, that drives me insane for some reason

You missed the important part of your own post. Grow up and grow a pair.

Isn't removing "a pair" the point?

Still a man

TheDumbBlonde: I'm just happy to have learned the term "cisgendered woman". I plan on educating all my heath care professionals. My OB/GYN will welcome this info.

Your OB/GYN probably already knows the term. Most health professionals that have dealt with transgendered patients do. It's one of those things that becomes an important distinction when you actually run into it.

Raithun: It's shorter than typing out "actual woman", so it's convenient!

"Actual woman" would be incorrect, though. By what you are saying, I would think that a transgendered man - that is, female to male - would be an "actual woman". From a medical perspective, though, he would be quite different, and would need different treatments.

Exception Collection: TheDumbBlonde: I'm just happy to have learned the term "cisgendered woman". I plan on educating all my heath care professionals. My OB/GYN will welcome this info.

Your OB/GYN probably already knows the term. Most health professionals that have dealt with transgendered patients do. It's one of those things that becomes an important distinction when you actually run into it.

Raithun: It's shorter than typing out "actual woman", so it's convenient!

"Actual woman" would be incorrect, though. By what you are saying, I would think that a transgendered man - that is, female to male - would be an "actual woman". From a medical perspective, though, he would be quite different, and would need different treatments.

Well then, by your own definition, an actual woman is a transgendered man. ALRIGHTY then.

"It's (still) a man, baby!"

Yeah, but c'mon. I'm Ghastly. What wouldn't I hit?

TheDumbBlonde: Well then, by your own definition, an actual woman is a transgendered man. ALRIGHTY then.

Ah, no. I'm pointing out that there's a reason for the term - it's a good shorthand for a person's issues.

From my perspective, a transgendered man is exactly that - a transgendered man. A transgendered woman is exactly that - a transgendered woman. And of course, in an ideal world, the only people that know and/or care are either their lover(s) or the medical professionals that treat them; transgendered people should be able to blend into society. We can't, because there's a fairly large number of people that will discriminate against us - and until that group is gone, we need to make ourselves more visible to encourage them to kindly STFU - but it is the ideal.

Slackfumasta: I have a strong trap/shemale fetish, and even I wouldn't hit that.

Now Bailey Jay, Domino Presley, Vanity, or Sarina Valentina...I think my balls would simply explode.

Room for one more?

I mean... when you line up all the competitors, and see that one has a package where nobody else has had a delivery, it may be tough to win. Sure she has boobies, and a nice physique, but in comparison - there's going to be that white elephant in the undercarriage that may end up hurting her chances of winning.

Judge: "Uh, competitor number 5... could you perhaps... 'tuck'"?