If all the non binary or trans female players were dogshit or mediocre literally no one would care or question the legibility
People only care because they want to act as protectors of esports despite no one asking them to.
I don't have a strong opinion on this, but for most people, its not the idea of being trans or non-binary but the skill disparity. Competitive fairness is a big part of sports and esports. As of right now, men are better at the game at the top level as shown by no GC team finding success in T2 or even making it far in open quals. Its hard to watch when most girls in the tourney are struggling to keep up in aim and skill right now. Obviously there are outliers like G2 Gozen who are some of the top female talents.
But inclusivity is required if the goal is to have co-ed teams in the future, in theory the gap should close with time and practice. Esports is weird bc its not all physical like basketball, so I'm hoping this gap will decrease eventually.
vlr isn't gonna like this one probably but this is also true for trans women in regular sports. there's barely any of them and most of them don't do well but "trans woman places 8th in women's tournament" isn't gonna make the news, it's why they always talk about Lia Thomas because she actually won something lol, and why they have to pretend like Imane Khelif is trans because they need to put all the focus and discourse on a few individuals who do well in order to harm the whole community. this is not necessarily a pro-trans in women's sport argument btw, i think there is a lot of nuance to this discussion outside of a blanket ban or just allowing anyone to compete, just a critique on how the media and a few individuals perpetuate transphobia by using a few cherrypicked examples.