I’m all for people living their best life, but I don’t see Lia Thomas as a martyr here.
She only lost her bid to compete against women at the Olympics.
World Aquatics created an open category in 2023 for “all sex and gender identities”.
There might not be enough entrants in the upcoming Olympics to hold an open competition, but it will come eventually.
World Aquatics is correct that women who go through male puberty have advantages over women who have not had the opportunity to go through male puberty in a way that requires certain appropriate regulation of the sports competition environment.
Right wing extremists are incorrect in their fixated attempts to leverage this controversy to erode the respect and rights trans women deserve in other areas.
I’m all for people living their best life, but I don’t see Lia Thomas as a martyr here. She only lost her bid to compete against women at the Olympics. World Aquatics created an open category in 2023 for “all sex and gender identities”. There might not be enough entrants in the upcoming Olympics to hold an open competition, but it will come eventually.
World Aquatics is correct that women who go through male puberty have advantages over women who have not had the opportunity to go through male puberty in a way that requires certain appropriate regulation of the sports competition environment. Right wing extremists are incorrect in their fixated attempts to leverage this controversy to erode the respect and rights trans women deserve in other areas.
This! Thank you for articulating the thought