Transgender Athletes

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Dowse Sep 2019 2:00pm, 4 Sep 2019 298 posts	0 Dowse LetsRun articles relevant to the subject, mainly with an American college focus: letsrun.com letsrun.com
Sam Jelfs Sep 2019 5:56am, 11 Sep 2019 439 posts	0 Sam Jelfs Sorry its a link to ~~strava~~ but they interviews Rachel McKinnon, transgender cyclist who won her age category world cycling sprint championships blog.strava.com (I've got listened to it yet, so don't shoot me off its junk 😀 )
megster Sep 2019 12:22pm, 11 Sep 2019 497 posts	0 megster I've just listened to the podcast, and (if you ignore all the ~~strava~~ bullshit) it's really interesting. But mainly its really really sad, that Rachel has been treated this way and hated so strongly. She's a outstanding athlete and this issue needs addressing world wide and at all levels.
paul the builder Sep 2019 1:10pm, 11 Sep 2019 6,607 posts	0 paul the builder I don't know her background. Was she an outstanding athlete in men's cycling before transition?
FreshStart Sep 2019 5:31pm, 14 Sep 2019 3,581 posts	0 FreshStart I'd read the responses to this tweet twitter.com do some research and make your own mind up.
Velociraptor Sep 2019 5:46pm, 14 Sep 2019 43,134 posts	0 Velociraptor I shan't be listening to the interview, but if Dr McKinnon is waving the victim card she will be maintaining a distinguished trend of doing her own image and that of her fellow transgender athletes no favours.
FreshStart Sep 2019 5:47pm, 14 Sep 2019 3,583 posts	0 FreshStart Yes, she's vile
fraggle Sep 2019 5:58pm, 14 Sep 2019 1,988 posts	0 fraggle some of the things she's said on twitter does indeed make her a vile person - she does the trans community no favours
Velociraptor Sep 2019 6:01pm, 14 Sep 2019 43,135 posts	0 Velociraptor But the fact that she presents as a most unendearing human being doesn't make it inappropriate for her to be competing in the female category, it just means that people are more inclined to pile in and question her motives. There's a lot of misgendering in that Twitter thread; ~~strava~~ and its tweeters had better watch themselves legally.
Helegant Sep 2019 2:25pm, 15 Sep 2019 6,497 posts	0 Helegant Wow! I've just peeped at the Twitter responses. Rachel McKinnon is an unpopular person, in spades. XX vs XY - I really wish it were that simple. I won't be listening to the podcast because I have others I'd prefer to spend my life on, but if there were a 'like' button, I'd click it for the preceding post by Vrap. Being 'unendearing' mustn't be behind enabling anyone to play the victim card. It's hard enough to know what to do for the best anyway without getting into personality politics.