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Transgender Canadian international cricketer

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Talipesmum · 31/08/2023 08:12

There’s a long article on bbc news about a transgender cricketer (from Canada) about to play in women’s international T20 cricket. It’s a pretty good article. It’s not leading with the angle of criticising her, but it’s also not leading with how wonderful it is. It describes what is happening, mentions how this is in contrast to what many other sports are doing, follows that up with a good explanation of why those sports are doing that. It includes lots of quotes all round including from hee, but I think gives a pretty clear picture for readers, and sets them up to know what to look out for. And for anyone at all familiar with the topic there’s a lot clear but unsaid. Imagine there will be more on this later. Feels very different to an article we might have had a year ago.

Danielle McGahey: Transgender cricketer set to play in women's T20 international for Canada https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66597000

First transgender cricketer to play in international

Canada's Danielle McGahey is set to become the first transgender cricketer to play in an official international match.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66597000

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PriOn1 · 31/08/2023 08:51

I’m glad of the photo. In women’s sport, it’s sometimes difficult to predict the sex of the transitioner.

EmpressaurusOfCats · 31/08/2023 08:47

That’s an impressively balanced article, especially for the BBC.

TakeMe2Insanity · 31/08/2023 08:45

Anyone who watches male /female cricket can see the difference in pace between the two games. No doubt “she’ll “ come along and break all the records.

SabrinaThwaite · 31/08/2023 08:43

Very clear article, isn’t it?

”Within five months of playing my first game with the women in Canada, I was in Brazil," McGahey said.

"The board was all over it - 'So OK, who is this?' - and we kind of went from there. I basically got told two weeks before that I was going to be going to Brazil and representing Canada.”

FFS - a huge 29 yr old male with 25 years playing experience (mostly as a male) playing on a smaller field, with a lighter ball.

What is even more annoying is that there wasn’t even a women’s cricket league in Alberta until some girls asked to set one up in 2013. Didn’t take long for blokes to muscle in, did it?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/womens-cricket-alberta-sports-1.6909427

ArabeIIaScott · 31/08/2023 08:42

Good to see Women's Rights Network giving input to this article.

nettie434 · 31/08/2023 08:42

I read that article too and thought it was balanced too, Talipe. There was much more discussion about inclusion versus fairness. I thought the comments from the Brazil captain were interesting, highlighting that her reaction might be different if Danielle were a fast bowler.

There was also an interesting stat about the number of people identifying as non binary or transgender in Canada (1 in 300 of people aged 15 plus) in the light of the warning from Global Affairs Canada about visiting the USA.

NotBadConsidering · 31/08/2023 08:39

The ICC also states a male-to-female trans player must "provide a written and signed declaration, in a form of satisfactory to the designated medical officer, that her gender identity is female".

Oh, if it’s written and signed, it must be really serious and genuine then 🙄.

teawamutu · 31/08/2023 08:35

That is indeed not the article the BBC would have published a year ago.

The general air of 'this hasn't been banned yet' is most heartening.

Also the picture is very helpful.

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