As the raucous crowd watches the women’s game between the Cobras and the Dandenong Rangers unfold, basketballer Lexi Rodgers sits on the bench. She is at the centre of a polarising debate.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.The first thing you hear on game nights when you walk through the glass doors of Kilsyth stadium, in Melbourne’s outer east, is the rhythmic sound of bouncing basketballs.
As the raucous crowd watches the women’s game between the Kilsyth Cobras and the Dandenong Rangers unfold, Lexi Rodgers sits on the bench. At a grassroots level, the overwhelming majority of Australia’s sporting codes are in agreement: inclusion should be the emphasis, and players should be welcomed to play in the competitions which best align with their identity.
Harper, who is a transgender athlete herself, has first-hand experience of the effects of hormone treatment. The reason the surge in testosterone at the time of male puberty - about 15 to 20 times the amount that women produce - provides an advantage is because of its effect on the body.
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