This is why women's sport is in a mess. The IOC's own medical and science director can't even admit the basics that male puberty provides a performance advantage in strength sports! /1
“There are lots of aspects of physiology and anatomy, and the mental side, that contribute to an elite performance, and it’s very difficult to say, ‘yes, she has an advantage because she went through male puberty,’ when there’s so many other factors to take into account” /2
Why does the Olympics even have any female categories then? Why are males and females separated in the first place? What does the IOC think the key distinction even is?!
Gender ideology students might be forgiven for such ignorance. The IOC cannot. /3
Dr Nicola Williams met with the IOC's medical director Richard Budgett in 2019, and again during a World Athletics meeting in Switzerland where trans rules were being discussed. He knows what the problems are. /4 fairplayforwomen.com/athletes-ask-i…
“There is a lot of disagreement across the whole world of sport & beyond on this issue of eligibility” admitted Budgett.
No serious sports scientist thinks this policy is right.
The 'disagreement' come from the 'and beyond'. The trans activist agenda that TWAW at any cost /5
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Last year the BBC breached its own guidelines on suicide. Many complained and got brushed off. 7 months later, perseverance and determination paid off, and the head of complaints has now admitted the BBC failed and cut out huge chunks from the article /1
Here's the new version. Ben Hunte's name gone. Gone too outrageous and unsubstantiated claims by Adrian Harrop, Helen Webberley (Gender GP) and an anonymous clinician all saying the Bell ruling will lead to suicide of children /3 bbc.co.uk/news/education…
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
Exclusive interview by @bindelj with Amy, the courageous female prisoner who took MOJ to the high court for a judicial review of its policy that allows male sex offenders into women’s prisons. /1
“What were the officers even thinking, letting her clean toilets in which women would be in a state of undress and alone? Why was there a child sex offender with a penis cleaning the toilets of the gym in a women's prison?' /2
'When J went for a shower, the prison put a sign on the door saying that no one else should enter…. but J objected to this and said it was an infringement of her human rights,'
'She said, 'I am a woman and I want to shower with other women.' /3
Sir James Edie QC is speaking for the government. (The same Sir James we beat in the ONS case but we won't hold that against him :-D) /2
JEQC: Does respect for private life (Article 8) impose a positive obligation on the state to take action? If so then EVERY country that doesn't allow X in passport is in breach. The fact they don't is because there is a wide margin of appreciation (leeway) for each state /3
#Xpassports
Discussions begin round Human Rights Article 8 (right to private life). Court has previously agreed that Article 8 IS engaged. Refusing X on a passport does interfere with human rights. The issue before the court is whether this interference is justified /1
Appellant QC raises the issue of how human rights leads to positive obligations on the state. What is the margin of appreciation when considering the impact on wider society? Wide or narrow? /2
Appellant QC argues there is a positive obligation on the state to 'recognise' a non-gendered identity. The UK gov has not yet accepted this obligation. Therefore refusal to allow an X on a passport is a lack of recognition rather than an implementation issue. /3