#TeamNavratilova is gathering pace!

Davies MBE speaks, WPUK on 10th July in London
twitter.com/Womans_Place_UK/status/1136679712984616961

IAAF update
twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1136595359998853120
www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/iaaf-response-swiss-federal-tribunal-dsd-regu
biology has to trump identity. The IAAF also believes the right to participate in sport does not translate to a right to self-identify into a competition category or an event

twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1136542882784043008
This is a long but very well researched article on the lessons not learnt from the East German era in sport & how the benifits of Y chromosome maleness in female sport is unfair.
www.stateofswimming.com/a-waking-nightmare-for-womens-sport/
twitter.com/Daley_thompson/status/1136579117615370240

www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/social_issues/most_oppose_transgender_athletes_on_opposite_sex_teams
survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted on May 28-29, 2019 by Rasmussen Reports

onenewsnow.com/perspectives/bryan-fischer/2019/06/07/the-truth-about-transvestite-weightlifters
After all the effort to get performance enhancing drugs out of sports like baseball (think Mark Maguire) and cycling (Lance Armstrong), we now lionize the males who use drugs to squash female competition.

More on the continuing Obama/Trump influence here.
www.ft.com/content/065210f0-87f2-11e9-a028-86cea8523dc2
competitors with male bodies tend to beat their daughters on the athletics track. Yet it is a stance Democrats feel obliged to support

twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1135808621244309504
The way forward is to have an XX protected class, so biological females get equal opportunities.

Fifa World Cup kicks off with some great news for Scotland manager Shelley Kerr
www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/shelley-kerr-awarded-mbe-on-eve-of-world-cup-opener/
She earned 59 caps for Scotland, captaining her country on multiple occasions and scoring three goals. Now, on the eve of Scotland’s debut at a FIFA World Cup, she has been given another honour to add to an ever-growing list. Shelley Kerr said: “It’s not often I’m lost for words but I was speechless when I found out I’ve been awarded an MBE and really surprised.

This cartoon needs shared!
www.redstate.com/kiradavis/2019/05/29/future-womens-sports-one-cartoon-explainer/

There is a definite refreshing shift in the use of language recently to more accurately represent fact, especially in headlines. This seems like an excellent reflection of increasing public awareness and ongoing discussion with a growing refusal to be silenced.

This brilliant article clearly explains why language is important, please share widely.
uncommongroundmedia.com/banned-from-medium-pronouns-are-rohypnol/
You’ve had a lifetime’s experience learning to be alert to ‘him’ and relax to ‘her’. For good reason.

dailycaller.com/2019/05/30/columbia-journalism-review-transgender-athlete-debate/
It is standard journalistic practice to make a good faith effort to reach out to people on all sides of a given story, and to include critical voices and opinions in order to give readers a balanced and informed understanding of the matter.

www.theblaze.com/news/twitter-transgender-banned?xrs=RebelMouse_fb
If a relatively benign and common sense point – that women shouldn't be forced to compete against male powerlifters – can now get someone banned from the platform, Twitter is signaling an increasingly aggressive ideological enforcement regime

triblive.com/sports/biological-male-wins-ncaa-womens-track-championship/?printerfriendly=true
Do you believe that a person born as a male but identifying as a female should be allowed to compete in women’s competitive sports events? Poll answer NO currently at 92%

townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2019/05/22/house-votes-to-effectively-ban-womens-sports-n2546690
it is another indicator of how the American left's radical agenda forces it to deny objective facts. To justify their abortion agenda, they have long needed to argue that some human beings are not human beings...To justify their transgender agenda, they now argue that not all boys are boys.

www.dailysignal.com/2019/05/28/biological-male-wins-ncaa-womens-track-championship/
Telfer’s victory is just the latest instance of male athletes who identify as transgender entering—and then winning—female athletic events.

www.chicksonright.com/blog/2019/05/28/male-runner-wins-womens-ncaa-national-championship/
We’ve seen example after example of transgender women competing in women’s sports and beating the biological women. Take feelings out of the equation. It’s simply not fair.

www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/3/cece-telfer-franklin-pierce-transgender-hurdler-wi/
Telfer would’ve trailed the last-placed male finalists by more than a half-second in the 60-meter dash and almost 1.7 seconds in the 200, but won the woman’s 60-meter hurdles by a half-second.

www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-martina-navratilova-transgeder-athletes-documentary-20190525-4reeioldrzghhfl2tz6emolp54-story.html
The legendary tennis player Martina Navratilova was chosen as the host of a new documentary on transgender athletes...The film will also feature former swimmer Sharron Davies, who has said that "to protect women’s sport, those with a male sex advantage should not be able to compete in women’s sport.”

www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-48368630/ex-british-swimmer-sharron-davies-on-trans-women-in-sport
at an elite level the performance gap between men and women could be 10% to 20% and that this "potential benefit" cannot be ignored.

www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=3247
Hacke quotes Robert Johnson, who previously wrote on LetsRun.com, "The fact that Telfer can change [his] gender and immediately become a national champion is proof positive as to why women's sports needs protection."

A thread of stunning visuals...
twitter.com/FondOfBeetles/status/1135604790472450049

savewomenssports.com/our-stories
We earned our spot on that track. We succeed because there is a level playing field. That needs to be protected. That needs to be honored. In my opinion, any woman who doesn’t agree isn’t and never was serious about her sport.

twitter.com/fairplaywomen/status/1134180283887099904
Great to see top athlete @tamsynlewis speaking out in Australia. @sharrond62* @Martina @damekellyholmes @paulajradcliffe @AnaPaulaVolei*

www.2gb.com/it-really-concerns-me-top-aussie-runner-speaks-out-against-transgender-athlete/
2 x Commonwealth Games gold medallist Jane Flemming called in to add to Tamsyn’s comments, and tells Ben about the significant advantages men have over women.

twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1135816174359535616

It is worth reading through the comments sections on relevant articles for reassurance that the public are having none of this and clearly want women's sports protected.

#XYSports
#SexNotGender

— Ray Blanchard (@BlanchardPhD) May 11, 2019 - expert Ph.D. psychologist who helped write the official psychological position on transgender identity
pjmedia.com/trending/expert-psychologist-blocked-on-twitter-for-expressing-clinical-opinion-on-transgenderism/
The sex of a postoperative transsexual should be analogous to a legal fiction. This legal fiction would apply to some things (e.g., sex designation on a driver’s license) but not to others (entering a sports competition as one’s adopted sex).

twitter.com/HJJoyceEcon/status/1126898724087771136
Did no one consider getting some female athletes to join the panel to talk about the effect on them?

nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/andrew-sullivan-who-should-be-allowed-in-womens-sports.html
Who, after all, would want to live in a world like this — where we are all interchangeable, where nature is irrelevant, where men are the same as women, and where acknowledging the variations of humanity is relegated to the precincts of bigotry? How much drearier than the actual, diverse, fascinating natural world we live in.

www.dailysignal.com/2019/05/10/a-pediatrician-explains-how-dangerous-equality-act-would-force-doctors-to-do-harm/
You don’t get anymore anti-science than the claim that there are no biological differences between males and females. From fertilization, if you have a Y chromosome, you are male.

Refreshing realism from USAPL, fair and factual and making the (expert backed) point that maleness is a non negotiable birthright. They have referenced the IAAF and Fair Play for Women and clearly state Within those IOC Guidelines, each sport is given the latitude to determine how the guidelines are applied. The IOC Guidelines is not a blanket approval over all sports. For anyone looking to template a model for fairness in women's sports, this is the link you want.
www.usapowerlifting.com/transgender-participation-policy/

A suggested amendment allowing men to compete as women was presented during the annual national USAPL meeting and was voted down decisively.
savewomenssports.com/updates/f/usa-powerlifting-doubles-down-on-its-transgender-policy
Kristopher Hunt, MD, presented scientific data on behalf of the USAPL that concluded that transwomen, men who identify as female, have physiological advantages over women and that, “sex matters from womb to tomb.”

mobile.twitter.com/outsports/status/1125354543901020160
#Trans woman powerlifter labeled “male” and stripped of medals, trophies and records

www.outsports.com/2019/5/10/18564126/usapl-powerlifters-reject-transgender-inclusion-discrimination-trans-jayceecooper-marygregory
While MTF may be weaker and less muscle than they once were, the biological benefits given them at birth still remain over than of a female.

www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/05/league-revokes-female-weightlifting-records-claimed-transgender/
Polls show the transgender ideology is deeply unpopular, especially among women and parents. In 2017, former President Barack Obama told NPR that his promotion of the transgender ideology made it easier for Donald Trump to win the presidency.

hotair.com/archives/2019/05/11/male-powerlifter-stripped-titles-womens-championships/
If those records were allowed to stand, you might as well just not bother having a women’s division in weightlifting. No actual woman will ever win again. And the same goes for virtually every other sport.

Support for women from Martina
mobile.twitter.com/anyabyke/status/1126621209528029184
mobile.twitter.com/Martina/status/1125757830898814977
mobile.twitter.com/Martina/status/1125752053983318016
Ha- I am wondering when I will get banned or suspended...I certainly have no influence, just keep the pressure on. It is ludicrous what is allowed and what is banned.
mobile.twitter.com/Martina/status/1126698713739456512
The key word here is CONTROL. Men trying to control WOMEN. Nothing more than that...

Navratilova and Davies
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1125714976512069632
A female cannot compete in any shape or form with that male if they put in equal training.

Davies, also twitter champion.
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1127496242009972736
This ideology in time may have some very serious consequences.
mobile.twitter.com/SaveWomensSport/status/1127192611133857792
Exceedingly rich, white men (and women) who invest in biomedical companies are funding myriad transgender organizations whose agenda will make them gobs of money.
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1127161931591299073
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1126813594623066112
there should be an XX protected category so females 50% of us, have equal rights to XY to succeed in sport... a very biology based platform
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1126755381491798018
In 1966 the IOC removed Erika Schinegger (Austria) from 68 Grenoble Olympics because it showed up on a chromosome test she was DSD XY (info on line) Sex not gender in sport
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1126532370839080960
Ideology is not science.
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1126030237500940288
Great piece explaining what testosterone does.
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1126020912472633344
For clarity.. I really believe for the protection of female sport there has to be a protected XX class in sport. Being a complicit victim will mean we will lose our rights as females to win our own races.

Retweeted by Martina
mobile.twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1124907140588736512
women & girls deserve to have a category that they can win in

Retweeted by Radcliffe
mobile.twitter.com/sharrond62/status/1120673675236270085
sport must be raced in sex categories to be fair, not self ID’d gender

Radcliffe backing of the IAAF decision and retweeting Gary Lineker's support for women's sport and an article from Steve Magness, coach.
mobile.twitter.com/paulajradcliffe/status/1123961466766467074
mobile.twitter.com/paulajradcliffe/status/1124604594301095936
mobile.twitter.com/stevemagness/status/1126826972749996032
mobile.twitter.com/Pathfinder4545/status/1125885803161198592
Their business is defending women's sport.
mobile.twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1124638317847425024

Breaking it down for us -
www.letsrun.com/news/2019/05/what-no-one-is-telling-you-about-caster-semenya-she-has-xy-chromosomes/
the presence of the Y-chromosome is THE single greatest genetic “advantage” a person can have

Fantastic article here by Doriane Lambelet Coleman, track star turned Law Professor and really inspiring.
quillette.com/2019/05/03/a-victory-for-female-athletes-everywhere/
It matters that girls and women are afforded opportunities equal to boys and men, including in elite athletics. It matters because this is the only way sport can achieve its empowerment goals.

www.dailysignal.com/2019/05/06/8th-place-high-school-girls-speak-out-on-getting-beat-by-biological-boys/
How did society get to the point where high school girls now fear their uncomfortable opinions could prevent them from being admitted to the very institutions where uncomfortable opinions are supposed to be explored?

thefederalist.com/2019/05/07/trans-competitors-womens-sports-destroy-women-won/
Believe it or not, there was a time women’s sports teams did not exist. Women had to strive and earn the right to have leagues of their own. They had the desire to compete, and they wanted to be treated fairly. Today, we’ve won that right, only to have it threatened by men who think they can manipulate their bodies to appear female.

Financial backlash, Thinktank Criticizes Company’s Support of Transgender Privilege, Which Penalizes Biological Athletes
nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2019/05/09/under-armour-rebuked-for-unsportsmanlike-conduct-regarding-transgender-athletes/
Biological female athletes including American tennis player Martina Navratilova, British swimmer Sharron Davies, American mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey and Welsh gymnast Gabby Logan have said that transgender inclusion in women’s sports is unfair..."What I would like for you to explain is how a company dedicated to providing the proper gear can also be all-in for advancing transgender activism in sports."

Just a quick reminder of what this is really about. Keep going.
mobile.twitter.com/paulajradcliffe/status/1117069568231596037
mobile.twitter.com/LondonMarathon/status/1122550401914560513

#WomenStandUp
#Sexnotgender
#fairplayforwomen
#sexmatters