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28 Jul, 9 tweets, 3 min read

THREAD: Trans inclusion in sport excludes women.

Three female athletes have lost their Olympic dreams to make room for transgender males at Tokyo 2020 /1

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Google “Olympic Dream”. It’s a cliché but it’s everywhere. Listen to interviews during these Games and you’ll hear it over and over from athletes, versions of “it’s always been my dream, and here I am”. /2

After the dream comes true, you’re an Olympian for life. Most Olympians don’t win a medal but they’ll always be Olympians.

That’s why it matters that some women are losing that chance, despite being among the best in the world in their sport /3

Don’t let anyone tell you that trans inclusion costs nothing. That if they don’t win a medal they haven’t taken anything away from anyone else.

There are at least three women who should be Olympians this year but got bumped off the list to make room for athletes born male /4

Here’s Tania Edwards, the best female archer in Canada, losing her Olympic spot to a good but not world class male /5

Here’s Roviel Detenamo who didn’t get to Tokyo because new rules allowed a veteran male lifter into her female category.

Women were excluded from Olympic weightlifting until 2000. In 2021 a woman is being excluded once more /6

Who lost out to Chelsea Wolfe in BMX Freestyle? Most likely Angie Marino.

Angie's team mates took USA’s two female places for Tokyo 2020. But as third best female, she isn’t going with them as their reserve rider. Instead that slot has been taken by a transgender male /7

Three males are already three too many. Women have made great progress towards parity in sport, and already males are encroaching on hard-won gains

When will sport right this wrong, and restore a fair playing field for females?

Or do the Olympic dreams of females not count?/8

No-one thinks this is fair. Few dare to say it. Start a conversation today. Ask friends and family if they know what's happening and what they think. Share this article on social media /9
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