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I was beaten to third place in a running race by a trans woman

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Athleticpotential · 12/05/2022 07:06

It's a very low key local running race, neither of us are usually contenders, but a combination of circumstances meant the field was such that we finished 3rd and 4th.

The prize is a bottle of cheap wine, it's not about that.

I know her to chat to at races and I like her. It's not common knowledge that she's trans, she enters races as a woman. She is very masculine to look at, but TBH, until recently I thought she was an unfortunate woman, I had no idea.

So in the scheme of things it doesn't matter, but it does....?

Should I "do" anything? What?

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Athleticpotential · 12/05/2022 07:24

It costs £2 to enter, it's not even one of the big charity flagship events.

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Hoardasurass · 12/05/2022 07:24

You can register a formal complaint with your racing group that they are allowing men to race against women (they probably won't do anything) and ask them why/for there inclusion policy.
When enough women and men complain that only some men are allowed to race against women in a so called single sex race they will eventually have to stop all men (however they id) out of the women's races. Also is this person using the women's changing facilities?

worriedparent12 · 12/05/2022 07:23

Yes, it does matter. She shouldn't enter a women's race as a biological male.

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Athleticpotential · 12/05/2022 07:23

Clymene · 12/05/2022 07:20

Complain to the organisers?

The organisers are local volunteers and it's all for charity. It seems churlish and they don't make the rules, it's organised under EAA rules.

I don't know what happens at important EAA events? Do runners have to prove their sex? Do trans women compete as women?

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Clymene · 12/05/2022 07:20

Complain to the organisers?

Motorina · 12/05/2022 07:11

It does matter. I’m sorry.

There’s probably nothing you can do.