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This male ran in yesterday’s #LondonMarathon as Glenique Frank in the female category (Mass race) finishing in 6160th place out of 20123. So nearly 14,000 actual females suffered a worse finish position bc of him.

Last month, he ran in the Tokyo Marathon, as Glen Frank, also…
in the F category, finishing 2829th out of 8609. So nearly 6000 females in worse finish position.

Last Nov, he ran the NYC Marathon as Glen Frank in the men’s category, finishing 14,096th out of 26,539.

Since 31 March, @WorldAthletics & @BritAthletics have banned….
post-puberty males from the F category. Under UKA transitional arrangements, males who had already entered races in the F category could still race. I assume this is how Frank was allowed to race ystday. Nevertheless, males in the F category is UNFAIR for females.

He says he’s
racing Berlin & Chicago later this year then last WMM next year (must be Boston) - I wonder which category will take his fancy then?

And to those who say the non-binary category is good bc it keeps males out of the F category, you are wrong.

#SaveWomensSports 👎🤬

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Apr 26
This article about male Glenique Frank who ran London Marathon in the female category is v interesting - please read. 👇Thanks to @georgeabtsports for flagging.

1. Frank seems to think his eligibility for the female category is about passports & “I ticked female because I…
…see myself as female”. (Last night this said “felt female” but article seems to have been updated; unftly I did not keep screenshot.) In actual material reality, UK Athletics rules in force from May 2021 to 31 March 2023 determined eligibility. They required testosterone….
…suppression under 5nmol for 12 months to become eligible & then continuous suppression under 5nmol to remain eligible. Was Frank in full compliance with these rules? If not, he must be disqualified.

2. Frank says he “came out three years ago”. So April 2020. In Oct 2021 he..
Read 11 tweets
Apr 24
Today I tweeted about male Glenique Frank running in the female category in yesterday’s London Marathon.

In response @LibDems candidate @HarryMarstonLD tweeted this 👇to my MP, @munirawilson (also LD). This is a man telling a female MP who she’s allowed to follow/not follow. Image
Harry called me a transphobe without a) defining it, b) saying what about my tweet he objected to, nor c) explaining why he (presumably) wants males in women’s sport.

He later deleted the tweet, after apparently critical replies, none of which I saw as I was out training. Image
He called his instruction to Munira to unfollow me a “harmless request” & objected to the insults others replied to him with, just after hurling “transphobe” at me.

As a constituent of Munira’s, I believe she is an excellent MP & I have only respect & admiration for her.
Read 7 tweets
Dec 18, 2022
Thread: ICYMI, please watch @BBCJohnBeattie’s interview with the UN’s @victor_madrigal about sport here👇, broadcast on @BBCScotland on 16 Dec.

To address his points:
1. “TWAW” and “so of course they are entitled to participate in women’s sports”.

Two barefaced lies. TW are MALE. Women are FEMALE. Changing sex is impossible, therefore TW are not & never will be women. Women’s sport is for those born FEMALE so NO, males are NOT entitled to…
participate in women’s sports. Being male, they ARE entitled to participate in men’s sports. Why can’t males avail themselves of the embarrassment of opportunities available in men’s sport, rather than stealing things of value from females?
Read 12 tweets
Nov 30, 2022
Lots of interesting detail from Bridges here 👇.

1. The words ‘sister’ & ‘daughter’ are taken, by females. Bridges is male. Why have ITV allowed this? Image
2. Bridges blaming those who speak up against gender ideology for the Colorado attacks. No mention of alleged attacker being non-binary, nor that 2-3 females are killed per week in UK. Bridges dismisses widespread valid concerns by using “so-called” & quotation marks. Image
3. No mention of death & rape threats targeting those who speak up, nor 2-3 women actually killed per week in UK, nor zero trans deaths in UK since 2019.

Sport being used as a proxy? No, we just don’t want males in female sports bc female sports are for females. Image
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Nov 30, 2022
There are numerous points in this that need addressing. But perhaps the most important is this 👇.

I believe Bridges is referring to research by Joanna Harper, a trans-identifying male, which Bridges is part of. “I believe it will show that I haven’t got any unfair advantage”.
The elephant in the room with Harper’s research is: how does Harper ensure 100% effort from the TW participants, who have an incentive to deliberately underperform in tests to ‘prove’ no advantage & thereby strengthen the case that competition against females by them is ‘fair’?
Scientist @KerryMcGawley asked this question of Harper’s supervisor - a normal thing for a fellow academic to do. She got a very frosty response. Listen here from 52 mins in 👇 (to 54:30).

Read 6 tweets
Apr 2, 2022
I was on @StephenNolan’s show on @bbc5live ystday at 23:20. After me, @PeterTatchell gave us all a lesson on #marathon physiology, inc saying TW are at a *disadvantage* compared to biological women bc the latter “have greater fatigue resistance & recover faster”. This is made-up,
unscientific nonsense. Obvs I know bc I’ve done it ! 🤬Peter, why is the male (which is what TW are) WR over TWELVE minutes faster than the female WR? @bbc should not be allowing outright lies to go unchallenged on their programmes. @FondOfBeetles @Scienceofsport @TLexercise
Peter also pushed case by case assessment of TW for sport. This is totally unworkable & would be discriminatory against some TW. @fairplaywomen explain here 👇.

fairplayforwomen.com/are-there-good…
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