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Apr 30 • 4 tweets • 1 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Thread: here are 2 examples of the impact of males in the F category in UK distance running.

1. A female athlete had her club age group record taken from her by a male in 2022. In solidarity with, & support for her, a different female athlete has now taken it back. So female…
athletes are quietly cooperating to get what males have stolen from them back into female hands.

2. Since UKA banned post-puberty males from the F category on 31 March, a male has broken a UK club female marathon record, presumably under the transitional arrangements. This is
a good time which will be out of reach of all but the best females. This club has now publicly announced this new record. However, UKA’s statement of 31 March says any such results “will not count towards any record”. 👇 So female athletes now have to…

uka.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
spend time & energy asking if this record can or cannot stand. #SaveWomensSports

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Apr 28
My very last thread on this topic!

It turns out Sunday was not the first time Glenique Frank has run in the female category in the London Marathon.

He ran 4:45:21 in the Oct 2022 race as Glenique, in the female category, but was back to male for the NYC marathon in Nov 2022.
In Oct 2021 he ran as Glenique but in the male category. Frank has apologised - good, thank you! 🙏

I want to highlight how this case illustrates the wider problems with male inclusion in the female category.

1. AFAICT, nobody much knew about him competing in the…
F category in Oct 22. He wasn’t in the news. He quietly joined the F category, LM went along with it, & presumably none of the actual women knew their competition was unfair. LM may or may not have spotted an entry with the same DOB & same name as a year earlier, but now moved..
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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
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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.
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Apr 24
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
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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?
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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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