All these clowns that have said Laurel Hubbard at 10nmol/L competed in Tokyo, with up to 10 times the amount of T than an XX women don't have a clue. Laurels T levels have been under .04nmol/L since 2012 impossible for her to have any higher. She met the rules of the 2003 policy.
At 3minutes 20 Laurel confirmed in 2017 that she competes under the rules of the 2003 IOC policy meaning she was more than two years post operative when she first competed in the women's category. Her injury in 2018 was a direct result of CAD.
I spoke about the serious consequences to health Laurel was forced to compete with in this interview. My prediction cane true Laurel competed with a massive disadvantage.
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@BritishCycling trying to reach out to you to talk about you recycling failed policy. Your new trans guidelines is a breach of human rights and harms the health of affected women.
Due to IOC policies regarding gender, the international cycling union (UCI) denied her the testosterone her physiology needed in order to maintain normal health, causing her medical and psychological harm.
It has been argued by the likes of Tucker & Hilton et al without evidence that cisgender women athletes could be at greater risk of physical harm and injury if they compete in sports with larger and stronger transgender and intersex athletes.
This is the basis of World Rugby’s ban on trans women. According to the report prepared for World Rugby, trans women who transition after male puberty retain ‘significant’ physical advantages over cisgender women — even after they take steps to lower their testosterone levels.
The report claims advantages include being 30–40% stronger and more powerful and 10–15% faster.101 Importantly, the report concludes these advantages create at least a 20–30% greater risk of injury for cisgender female rugby players competing against transgender female players.
A separate trans policy is not necessary to address physical safety risks in sports. It is the disparity in size/strength that is relevant, not the source of the disparity.
Assessing any group of athletes as a monolithic group especially amongst trans athletes is flawed. Trans is an umbrella term many different body stages of transition & body types.
Believing and perpetuating myths and misconceptions about trans athletes is harmful. Denying trans people the right to participate is discrimination and it doesn’t just hurt trans people, it hurts all of us.
There is a long legacy of sex discrimination in sport. Myths, such as the idea that physical exertion would harm women’s reproductive systems or that women were inherently inferior athletes, were historically used to “protect” women out of participation.
The marginalization of trans trans & intersex athletes is rooted in the same harmful history of gender discrimination and stereotyping that has impeded the achievement of gender equality in sports as a whole.
Pride Games is not just about celebrating Pride out on the sporting field!
Way before celebration of Pride there is an urgent need for all sports to develop programs & solutions to these problems to improve youth mental health, boost physical activity rates, & mitigate the negative influences of traditional gender norms.
Although there has been more progress on the issue of homophobia in sport, there was a LOT more work to be done on issues affecting trans people. Trans athletes in sport are being attacked by the likes of Trump even our PM @ScottMorrisonMP called us heavy handed in cricket.
Academics and leading scholars in the fields of Kinesiology, Law and Policy, and Gender Studies agree that trans women DO NOT have an inherent advantage are not a threat to women's sports. @FallonFox @AlanaFeral
@DrRyanStorr athleteally.org/future-womens-…
utilizes a close reading of peer-reviewed, credible sources to better understand trans athletes, to dispel misinformation about trans athletes that has spread in recent media and political debates,
to outline critical legal and policy discussions about trans athletes, and to highlight why access to sport matters for everyone.