On TIMs being allowed to compete in women's sport
Original blog/letter
Translation from twitter - @Mocha_Soul
It's pretty blunt & brilliant.
This bit "ever since my adolescence, I needed to prove, scientifically, that I am a woman to compete and, later, to maintain my achievements, titles and medals. How many women did not lose titles or were banned from sport specifically on account of this hormone which is offal in a normal male body? "
And "The sample material taken years ago for anti-doping tests of all athletes, is still kept today and can be, at any moment, accessed and tested again. A new measurement that proves testosterone levels incompatible with a female body can take away titles, achievements of years or decades ago, retroactively. This level of rigour has been completely abandoned to accommodate transexuals who, not long ago, were men, some of whom having competed professionally as men. What would a female transexual sample show?"
Both nail how absurd this situation is.
Given the way women's sport is heading its brilliant to hear women athletes speak out & so brilliantly articulate why this movement towards allowing men to steal women's places & rewards in sports is utterly abhorrent.
More power to her pen.