Australian-born transgender cricket player, or cricketer, Danielle McGahey disagrees.

The international career of Australian-born transgender cricketer Danielle McGahey would appear to be over after the International Cricket Council (ICC) ruled players who have been through male puberty will not be able to compete in international women's cricket.

"Following the ICC's decision this morning, it is with a very heavy heart that I must say that my international cricketing career is over," McGahey wrote on Instagram.

Is it, though? McGahey could always, you know, play on the men's team. Like every other "person assigned male at birth." Or, in regular parlance, a man.

Transgender athletes have been banned from taking part in elite women's competitions in other sports such as swimming, cycling, athletics, rugby league and rugby union.

Former Australia captain Alex Blackwell tweeted her disappointment with the ban and called on Cricket Australia to make strides towards inclusivity.

I’m disappointed to see @ICC have banned trans athletes in international cricket. I believe there are ways to include fairly, however this takes effort & education. Looking to @CricketAus & @ausport to continue their good work so Australian domestic sports remain truly inclusive https://t.co/DHMbd5tgKb

— Alex Blackwell (@AlexBlackwell2) November 21, 2023

Alex Blackwell, of course, is entitled to be disappointed, and to Mr. Blackwell, I can only say, "Too bad, so sad." The ICC's ban is perfectly appropriate. No matter what the "woke" viewpoint is, men and women are built differently, and science -- not agenda-driven "studies" but actual examination of data performed using the scientific method -- confirms this. What's worse, McGahey, we see from this article, went through puberty as a male (as is only right), gifting even more physical advantage.

For crying out loud, I need to look no further than my own family to see this. We have a grandson who the family calls "Moose." The boy is as solid on his feet as a Caterpillar, is built like a cinder block, has fists almost the size of his head, and has a chest like a beer keg.  

A miniature beer keg, at any rate. He's three years old. When he's 17, I'm pretty sure he'll be on all of the local teenage boys' "don't mess with" list. Point is, you can look at this kid, and it's impossible to arrive at any conclusion other than, "Yeah, that's a boy all right."

Men and women are different, and there's no denying it. As the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, "People are entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts." Men have and always will have significant advantages over women in speed, strength, skeletal structure, muscle mass, and cardiac and pulmonary capacity; that's just the truth. Now "a truth," not "my truth," not anyone's "truth," it is the truth, and there's an end to it. Allowing men to play sports on women's teams is not equal, it's not fair, and the ICC was right to slam a lid on it.

McGahey wrote:

While I hold my opinions on the ICC's decision, they are irrelevant..

What matters is the message being sent to millions of trans women today, a messaging say that we don't belong.

I promise I will not stop fighting for equality for us in our sport, we deserve the right to play cricket at the highest level, we are not a threat to the integrity or safety of the sport.

To which I can only reply:

"Yes, your opinions are irrelevant. The message that was sent is simple; men playing in women's sports leagues, as any biologist or honest medical professional will tell you, is hideously unfair to the women already playing in those leagues, and you are staggeringly selfish to seek to forward your career by taking advantage of this. You already have the right to play cricket, as you were born, as a man, as does every other person born, as they say, with a twig and berries. So stop whining, man up, and go back to the men's league where you belong."

See more recent RedState coverage on the transgender issue at these links:

• Transgender Woman Indicted for School Shooting Threats: Media Silent
• Female Catholic College Carries Water for Wokeness, Welcomes Testicle-Toting 'Women'
• Outrage Ensues as Transgender Runner Seems to Troll Women Competitors After Half-Marathon Victoryexamination of data performed using scientific method