i'm probably just echoing thoughts already shared in this thread, but this has been in the news a lot so obviously been thinking about it.
do i think it's fair for person born as male to compete in women's sports after transition?? no. but a lot of people who share my opinion are being so disgusting about it that i don't really have a desire to discuss it publicly (i'm not referring to anyone in this thread, i haven't even read the full thing). this is not nearly a big enough issue on the grand scale of things to warrant so much attention, to me it is clearly driven by "ew trans people" and that just makes it feel wrong. if i thought people were actually going to use this for the sole purpose of a competitive advantage in sports i might change my tune, but that isn't reality.
yes, regardless of one's opinion on the matter...as i think MIR has pointed out pretty succinctly this is something that applies to like 1/1000 of 1% of NCAA swimmers and yet that has been more than enough for several folks on here to show their entire ass about how much they are gigantic pieces of poop, taking the opportunity to be extra cruel towards an individual who is probably already having a crap enough time as it is, but because some random girl they've never heard of didn't end up qualifying for some event then its fair game to dog pile.
As has been stated, its a nuanced issue, and one where there is plenty of room for nuanced discussion and debate to be had. I think there might be some folks on here that legitimately take umbrage with with rule, and rather than shitting all over Lia they should be debating the rule. But the fact is, there is a rule in place, and she is playing by the rule, and even though the Clay Travii of the world might want you to think "oh boy here we go! women's swimming as you know it is over, from now on its just going to be all the dudes that couldn't hack in in men's swimming are going to put on a wig and a dress..."
The rest of it is just a lot of people using a lot of words to say "i have a problem with trans people" without using those exact words and its really quite astounding. To wit: wacky has been over this whole thing for a while now yet somehow just can't help making sure everybody knows how he would like to stand up and be counted.