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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Boston Marathon - Transwomen

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TinDogTavern · 06/04/2019 23:16

https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/first-three-transgender-women-preparing-race-boston-marathon/

At least three trans women have "qualified" to run the Boston Marathon by running Women's Qualifying times. At least one is self ID only and takes no hormones.

Bio males who can't run the men's qualifying time, taking places and opportunities from women. And so it goes again. Hmm

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FermatsTheorem · 08/04/2019 08:47

Good article on Paula Radcliffe's comments in today's Telegraph:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/07/paul-radcliffe-transgender-runners-identify-female-get-unfair/

Apologies - paywalled, but quotes her at length, including her argument that including self-ID transwomen risks reducing qualifying times for women, making it harder for them to get places in what is already a very competitive field, and gives her rebuttal to the "what's wrong with self-ID" - namely that women's sport is about biology.

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