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Feb 21, 2023 18 tweets 5 min read Read on X
Good to see some of this work out in the public domain. Myself and Professor Leslie Howe surveyed 25, and interviewed 10, Canadian high performance athletes, past and present, including 8 Olympians. It was an honour and a privilege to document the views of these superb women. 1/
We are, at present, writing up this work for academic publication. Probably two papers because of the richness of the data. We are using a human rights framework given the Canadian human rights infrastructure protects the human rights of females on the basis of sex. 2/
This includes the human rights to freedom of expression, non-discrimination and equality of opportunity, on the basis of sex.
Thanks to Coach Blade @coachblade for discussing our work in this article for the @MLInstitute. 3/
Here is a taster of the Project. The athletes. 4/ Image
4/ On human rights, sex, and gender identity. Image
5/ On sex and gender identity. Image
6/ On sex and gender identity. The importance of categories based on sex. Image
7/ On the right to recognition of biological sex. Image
8/ On the 2021 IOC Framework. Image
9/ More IOC Framework questions. Image
10/ Comments re 2021 IOC Framework. Image
11/ On category solutions. Image
12/ Additional questions of interest. Image
13/ Related comments. Image
14/ The three athletes who thought the survey was 'transphobic'. Image
There is so much data that this is just a glimpse. The interviews lasted between 30 mins and 2.5 hours. These athletes had a lot to say. 15/
Link to the report obtained by access to information request by the @MLInstitute. 16/ macdonaldlaurier.ca/wp-content/upl…
@letsgetitbetter @coachblade For those who are interested, the survey was leaked last year and a lobbying group outside of Canada tried to get it cancelled. Information here:

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Feb 22
'Sarkar reserves some of her snarkiest comments for left-liberals seduced by identity politics.'
'Mired in fratricidal identitarianism, left-liberals have lost the argument to the hard right'.
Speechless.
The brass neck.
theguardian.com/books/2025/feb…
But does @AyoCaesar include herself in this?
Ofc not.
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@AyoCaesar Apparently:
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Feb 10
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'World Athletics today launched a new consultation process on its eligibility conditions for the Female Category and the current DSD Regulations and Transgender Regulations.'
Good.
Present regulations permit XY DSD athletes in female sport with T suppression to <2.5nmols/L
WA Working Group submitted the following five recommendations to Council in December 2024 which were approved and are now set for consultation: Image
'World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: “World Athletics is a leader in preserving the female category in sport and one of the first international sports federations to establish clear policies on female eligibility in elite sport.'
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Jan 27
I keep seeing claims there are only a few males with trans identities in female sport. This is false.
The US-based Women’s Sport Policy Working Group (WSPWG) recorded 578+ victories of males with trans identities in women’s sport in 9 months in 2024. 1/
womenssportspolicy.org/253-male-victo…
The citizen journalist website @shewon_org documented & verified that by January 2025 over 750 female athletes in more than 500 competitions have lost more than 1000 medals in 40 different sports to males with transgender identities in women’s sport. 2/
shewon.org
Whilst the citizen journalist website @hecheateddotorg recorded over 3500 ‘unfair victories’ and 5900 top three finishes in 11 200 events by males with transgender identities in women’s sport. 3/
hecheated.org/results
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Jan 21
EO:
'Across the country, ideologues who deny the biological reality of sex have ... used legal and other socially coercive means to permit men to self-identify as women and gain access to intimate single-sex spaces and activities designed for women'.
whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…
'Efforts to eradicate the biological reality of sex fundamentally attack women by depriving them of their dignity, safety, and well-being.  The erasure of sex in language and policy has a corrosive impact not just on women but on the validity of the entire American system.'
'Basing Federal policy on truth is critical to scientific inquiry, public safety, morale, and trust in government itself.'
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Jan 3
I've submitted my response to @EHRC Consultation on the new Code of Practice & fed back only on Chapter 13 given I have had children home from university for the last 3 weeks. Feedback must be completed by 5pm this afternoon. Please submit if you can: equalityhumanrights.com/equality/equal…Image
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Dec 4, 2024
This paper aims to address Canadian Human Rights Law in relation to:
'Policies that Restrict the Participation of Transgender Women in Women's Sport Categories'.
Let's critique. 1/
cjhr.ca/bringing-canad…
1. The title:
This betrays the framing & focus from the get-go.
That is, to include males with transgender identities in female sport categories designed to exclude male advantage. 2/
2. The goal:
'to re-centre the Canadian discourse within a human rights legal lens'.
This is important.
Canada should be compliant with Canadian and international UN human rights treaties. 3/
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