Brave woman. brave daughter, speaking out.
This bit:
One study, by the Macdonald–Laurier Institute, a Canadian think tank, argued 'there is neither a medical intervention nor a clever philosophical argument that can make it fair for trans women to compete in women's sport.
'For trans women who have successfully suppressed testosterone for 12 months, the extent of muscle/strength loss is only an approximately (and modest) -5% after 12 months,' the authors of the study wrote.
'Testosterone suppression does not remove the athletic advantage acquired under high testosterone conditions at puberty, while the male musculoskeletal advantage is retained.'
The view is echoed by Joanna Harper, who herself is a transgender competitive runner and medical physicist at Loughborough University in the UK.
'There's 'absolutely no question trans women will maintain strength advantages over cisgender women, or non-transgender women, even after testosterone suppression.
'That's based on my clinical experience, rather than published data, but I would say there's zero doubt in my mind,' she told WebMD.
I thought Joanna Harper is the TW, whose extremely flawed study of just 8 TW athletes, was the person who persuaded the IOC to change their rules for the 2020 Olympics; thus opening the doors to the likes of Lauren Hubbard and the other non cheat cheats (just complying with the rules, not their fault). Yet Harper seems to be agreeing that their is an inherent unfairness in their participation. So why did Harper lobby to get the rules changed?
(Fuck "non transgender women" though. Women, we are women)