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Female skateboarder, Taylor Silverman, speaks out about transwoman winning woman's competitions

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Delphinium20 · 18/05/2022 18:35

www.instagram.com/p/CdqeekVMFBo/

She's getting a lot of hate in the comments, and I feel bad for her, but still impressed by her bravery. She and two other women have lost money because Red Bull awarded the transwoman first prize. My own teen DDs skateboard and snowboard. It's a wonderful experience for them...inexpensive exercise and camaraderie w/ fellow board girls. Girls deserve prize money as well as boys.

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EdinburghFeminist · 18/05/2022 22:20

Ugh the comments are depressing

MrsOvertonsWindow · 18/05/2022 20:29

ScreamingMeMe · 18/05/2022 20:25

Say what you like about Tim Pool, but this is pretty great of him.

(He's a skateboarder himself.)

"Timcast will gladly cover the difference and grant Taylor Silverman the $2250 difference lost due to placing behind a male athlete

We will also be willing to cover the total lost revenue for the female athletes who would have placed higher were it not for the male athlete"

That's excellent ScreamingMeMe A very powerful intervention.

ScreamingMeMe · 18/05/2022 20:25

Say what you like about Tim Pool, but this is pretty great of him.

(He's a skateboarder himself.)

"Timcast will gladly cover the difference and grant Taylor Silverman the $2250 difference lost due to placing behind a male athlete

We will also be willing to cover the total lost revenue for the female athletes who would have placed higher were it not for the male athlete"

Female skateboarder, Taylor Silverman, speaks out about transwoman winning woman's competitions
Onwards22 · 18/05/2022 19:39

Caitlin Jenner who is an ex Olympic athlete and a trans woman herself has spoken about this many times and does not believe trans people should compete with biological sexes.

I completely agree and we need to not ‘cancel’ anyone who speaks out about it.

FunnyTalks · 18/05/2022 19:33

Fantastically brave woman!

It's not always easy for girls to get into skating or bmx. Skate parks can be intimidating places, with groups of boys/men often congregating at the top of ramps.

OvaHere · 18/05/2022 19:32

SpiritRidingFree · 18/05/2022 18:57

Thanks for posting this. I had no idea this had crept into boarding, too. Taylor is quite simply laying out the facts here, and getting piled on for it.

She has every right to be livid, im fuming for her. So bloody unfair.

I could see boarding being very affected by it. I can imagine some of the male demographic for the sport having a substantial crossover with those who have some sort of trans/queer identity. A lot like Roller Derby which seems to have been sport's ground zero.

Good on her for speaking out. It's a sport where sex differences do have an impact even though many people wouldn't be aware of that.

megletthesecond · 18/05/2022 19:32

The majority of those comments 🙄.

SpiritRidingFree · 18/05/2022 18:57

Thanks for posting this. I had no idea this had crept into boarding, too. Taylor is quite simply laying out the facts here, and getting piled on for it.

She has every right to be livid, im fuming for her. So bloody unfair.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 18/05/2022 18:50

That's a brave young woman. Hopefully the growing community of women and men worldwide who are outraged at this cheating will offer her support.

PaleBlueMoonlight · 18/05/2022 18:45

Well done that woman. I hope she is ok.

Chaotica · 18/05/2022 18:38

Thanks for posting this. It is great to see that she is speaking out, but so unfair that a transwoman is allowed into the female category. Yet another sport which is failing women athletes.

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