But the "bearded guys" are women.

A Spanish women’s soccer club has sparked outrage after fielding two “bearded guys” who are transitioning from female to male — including one who scored one of the winning goals.

The transgender uproar exploded when the Club Esportiu Europa team fielded the two players — Alex Alcaide Llanos and Nil Alcon Labella — in a Catalan women’s league match against Terrassa over the weekend, Marca reported. 

Both players, who took to the pitch with their facial hair clearly visible, are currently banned from playing in the men’s league because they have yet to complete their medical transitions.

Well, that's a new one. These people are actually playing on the team that they should be on; regardless of their "identification" or their taking of hormone treatments, these are still females. The testosterone treatments, yes, may actually yield them some advantage over their non-transitioning women counterparts, but not enough to play on a men's team - which is their goal. But the women on their team - excuse me, the other women on their team - are complaining, claiming an unfair advantage - and calling them "men." But the problem is, they aren't men - they are women, hormone treatments notwithstanding. They are women who are taking artificial hormone treatments, and isn't that banned in most sportsball leagues?

There's a lot to unpack here. 

First, the two "transgender men" have been undergoing hormone treatments, and yes, speaking as a biologist, I can tell you that such treatments can result in some increase of muscle mass - although not to the level of an actual male.

Llanos has been undergoing hormone treatment for at least five years, according to local reports. It wasn’t immediately clear when Labella started transitioning.

After the Europa side secured a 3-1 win — including one goal scored by Llanos — a local lawmaker from the rival side quickly lashed out and blamed the loss on what she decried as an unfair advantage.

Second, the two "transgender men" are on the team they should be on. They are female. They are women. Look, people are free to "identify" as they please; for all anyone should care, these two can identify as armadillos if they like, but that doesn't suddenly give them armor. But they are undergoing treatments that have put them forever in some kind of mid-level limbo; they have some advantages in strength and speed over their untreated female counterparts, but they will never be able to compete on a men's team. Men have significant advantages in speed, strength, and stamina that, hormones or not, these two Spaniards will never be able to surmount.

These are facts.

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With every new iteration, this whole thing just gets stranger and stranger. But in this case, the answer is obvious: These people are women, for the purposes of the sport, but they have been taking hormone treatments. That, to a non-sportsball guy, would appear to be disqualifying. It's unlikely in the extreme that they will be able to compete with men on a men's team. In a sane world, these two "transgender men" would have transitioned themselves right out of the sport.

I guess, in this case, these Spanish ladies sure don't know how to use it.