However, LGBT activists warn that this new method by the IAAF is fear-mongering. With trans people making up less than 1% of the population, they point out that there are not even enough known transgender athletes competing at the IAAF level to warrant this level of debate. How many elite-level transgender athletes can you name?
FFS. It doesn’t MATTER if it’s elite, top level, the Olympic 2016 800m women’s final, Masters track cycling, or Accrington Stanley Under 13 girls’ team: every time a male takes part, a woman or a girl misses out. Allowing males into elite women’s sport under the guise of “it's only a few” normalises the acceptance of males into women’s and girls’ sport across ALL levels. It needs to stop.