Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on women’s sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
What’s funny about this is I actually know someone born biologically female who naturally produced more testosterone than estrogen. Heck, PCOS is a hormonal disorder that affects an estimated 10-13% of women.
It’s not like chromosomes matter at all, and these kinds of competitions will always bias favorably towards the people who were more fortunate with the body they were given at birth. Pretending like one person’s circumstances just don’t count because you don’t like them, especially (but not exclusively) for the athlete with DSD, invalidates the competition entirely.
Anti-trans folks really don’t care who suffers or what their policy actually accomplishes as long as they have a scapegoat.
Trying to put logic to it will drive you mad.
What’s funny about this is I actually know someone born biologically female who naturally produced more testosterone than estrogen. Heck, PCOS is a hormonal disorder that affects an estimated 10-13% of women.
It’s not like chromosomes matter at all, and these kinds of competitions will always bias favorably towards the people who were more fortunate with the body they were given at birth. Pretending like one person’s circumstances just don’t count because you don’t like them, especially (but not exclusively) for the athlete with DSD, invalidates the competition entirely.