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[QUOTE="mickeycrimm, post: 6674909, member: 1019075"]
When I read about the man winning the WPT Ladies Event at Seminole Hard Rock I immediately thought about transgender athletes in women's sports. Why should poker be any different? Take the WSOP Ladies Event, for example. It's a 10K buy-in but women get a 90% discount, or pay just 1K to play.  The men have to pay 10K to play.This has worked to keep men out of the event.

But what about the current political climate? What about men identifying as women? What's to stop a horde of burly men verbally declaring they are  women to play the ladies event for 1K instead of 10K?  Can the WSOP legally try to charge them more than they charge women.?Can the WSOP keep these "transgender women" out of the event? I think they open themselves up to lawsuits if they do. In other sports a male identiying  as a woman cannot be questioned about it.  They have to accept what the person says.

If women in poker support transgender athletes in women's sports then they must support it in poker too. You can't have your cake and eat it too.  It's going to be interesting to see if a  transgender controversy develops at this year's WSOP Ladies Event.
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