Posted on 07/20/2023 10:44:17 PM PDT by Morgana
Cycling has become the latest sport to ban transgender women from competing in the female category at international events.
The UCI, cycling’s world governing body, announced the rule change on Friday ‘to protect the female class and ensure equal opportunities’, bringing the sport into line with athletics and swimming and following British Cycling’s own policy change in May.
Under the UCI’s old guidelines, transgender women could compete in female races if they had lowered their testosterone level to 2.5 nanomoles per litre.
That policy came under scrutiny in May when American Austin Killips won the Tour of the Gila to become the first transgender rider to triumph at an official UCI stage race. The UCI launched a review which has resulted in the ban that comes into force on Monday.
The governing body said the maximum permitted testosterone level previously used was not ‘sufficient to completely eliminate the benefits of testosterone during puberty in men’.
UCI president David Lappartient added: ‘Given the current state of scientific knowledge does not guarantee equality of opportunity between transgender female athletes and cisgender female participants, it was not possible, as a precautionary measure, to authorise the former to race in the female categories.’
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Should have made it very simple, sex only. Too much gray area in the ‘depends when they transition.’
Divide and Conquer
David Coverdale (the rocker who sang the lead with Deep Purple and Jimmy Page)?
Some A hole judge will probably throw it out. I hope not, but they have priors.
Precisely
Hey Daily Mail—We know “transgender female” is delusional, but “cisgender female,” “assigned at birth” is pretentious and mocking. It’s simply FEMALE. Respect God’s creation.
Is a transgender man a male thinking he is a female or
A female thinking she is a male?
Replace “transgender” with the word “fake” and it becomes clear.
That is the perfect way to translate the mumbo-jumbo!
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