So the topic here was originally the alleged danger of transgender athletes in volleyball.
Coed volleyball is common though not the norm, and hasn't resulted in outcry about the dangers. Such games have a different net height, but otherwise, they still have male players spiking the ball towards female players. People do get concussions in coed games, but they also get concussions in same-sex volleyball - probably over a thousand every year.
In general, my opinion is that whether transgender athletes should play in the league should be the business of the people actually playing in the league - not the government or advocates ruling from outside. As I said, the transgender people I've known who were active in athletics seemed to be participating with the full support of their teammates and the league. If people are happily playing together and agreeing, then I don't see the problem.
That goes back around to my personal experience of transgender players in athletics, which my only direct experience with was through my late friend Heather and her soccer league. From what I could tell from her play and her non-transgender teammate Shannon, their league was happy with transgender participation.
Typically, the players choice or input on policy in high school sports is to choose not to play that sport.
Heather, being a trans, death has got a lot to do with the subject matter if her death was the result of her transitioning. It is why I asked.
I don't see how it relates. Sadly, Heather was murdered five years ago by her domestic partner. I was devastated particularly because I didn't learn about it until over a year later. Her family apparently didn't put a lot of effort into contacting her friends, and as she had previously dropped out of our RPG campaign, I thought she just wasn't responding to email.
Domestic violence is unfortunately all too common among both straight and LGBT couples. My fiancee's mother was murdered by the domestic partner of a friend, as another example. Thus, I don't think Heather's death was obviously a result of her transitioning, but it could have been a factor. Even if it was a factor, though, I don't see that it matters to the point about athletics.