That's a lot for parents too – middle-aged trans athlete competing against 12-year-old girls

The sports world in Great Britain was once again shaken by the fact that in some places transgender athletes can compete in various sports. Most recently, a big scandal was caused by the fact that a middle-aged, male-born transgender cricketer was allowed to start among the female competitors, so he could compete against 12-14-year-old girls, for example. The term "competition" can of course only be mentioned in this case, as an experienced, strong male player easily defeats the little girls, V4NA.com reports .

Several county sub-associations therefore wrote an indignant letter to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to order a stop to the new madness of the gender lobby. They all expressed concern about the safety implications of having an adult with the physical advantages left over from male puberty playing in the same league as girls. According to one coach's letter, the player "hits the ball harder than anyone I've seen in the league."

It is understood that the player has previously caused injuries - albeit unintentionally - to, among others, a referee and an opponent in the county league, who was unable to play for months. Some parents have threatened to withdraw their daughters from the league in response, as they consider the situation unacceptable and profoundly unfair. The county associations are afraid that many young people will turn away from the sport in the near future, because they are simply afraid of bigger and obviously stronger men.

As it stands, the ECB's rules on transgender players in recreational cricket are among the most liberal in the sport, stating that “transgender women may participate in any women-only competition, league or match and must be accepted as the gender in which they they identify themselves.

Parents are also worried about something else: the middle-aged transgender player gets dressed in the same place and can use the same toilet as little girls.

"If my 13-year-old daughter needs to change clothes because she's just started her period, she could easily be sharing a tight space with a man who, according to ECB policy, has decided he's now female"

says one concerned parent. Incidentally, cricket has been vocal about transgender debates before, most recently when Maxine Blythin, who decided as a teenager that she would be a woman from then on, won a major prize among women at the age of 24.

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