Trans people in sports?! Huge if true. Republicans would have you believe this is a national emergency of the utmost unfairness, and for some reason a lot of otherwise good allies fall into the "well I just don't know about sports..." trap. So let's talk about where the origins of policing trans bodies in sports comes from (spoilers: it's literally the nazis), and how "unfair advantages" are actually what sports are all about. And let's talk about how trans women don't have those "advantages" anyway. You're gonna learn! Zoe Aurora Slater, former trainer of competing powerlifters and bodybuilders, joins us to discuss how everything has joy in it and a catch-22 in hell. What's the whip?
ZOE AURORA SLATER
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TEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2024/08/13/trans-people-in-sports/
FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Bad Representation: Emilia Perez, Trans Kids and the Intake Exam, Gender Dysphoria, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Trans Trauma 2: Societal Gaslighting, Gendered Childhoods, Trans Body Hacking, One Year - Five Years Out and on HRT Retrospectives, Trans History 1: How and Why We Name Trans People in History, The 2022 US Trans Survey Report parts 3 - 4
REFERENCE MATERIAL
World swimming bans transgender athletes from women’s events - https://apnews.com/article/transgender-swimmers-new-rules-fina-world-governing-body-c17e99d3121fa964336458b57ae266f7
Want to be a pro basketball player? That's a tall order - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/want-to-be-a-pro-basketball-player-thats-a-tall-order/2015/10/28/52c1ce40-78ff-11e5-a958-d889faf561dc_story.html
At 7’9", he’s about to become the tallest college basketball player ever - https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/21/sport/olivier-rioux-tallest-college-basketball-player-cec/index.html
Why Michael Phelps Has the Perfect Body for Swimming - https://www.biography.com/athletes/michael-phelp-perfect-body-swimming
Ten ethical flaws in the Caster Semenya decision on intersex in sport - https://theconversation.com/ten-ethical-flaws-in-the-caster-semenya-decision-on-intersex-in-sport-116448
Explained: The gender controversy miring women's Olympic boxing - https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2024/0731/1462837-explained-the-gender-controversy-miring-womens-olympic-boxing/
False accusations surrounding Olympic boxer highlight debate around gender and sports - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/false-accusations-surrounding-olympic-boxer-highlight-debate-around-gender-and-sports
J.K. Rowling Invents A Trans Olympian To Get Mad At - https://defector.com/j-k-rowling-invents-a-trans-olympian-to-get-mad-at?giftLink=6afdf0d572fc26922a8c8efbc8862dd0
The Humiliating Practice of Sex-Testing Female Athletes - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/magazine/the-humiliating-practice-of-sex-testing-female-athletes.html
The Nazi-Era Myth Behind Olympics Gender-Testing Rules - https://time.com/6998445/nazi-myth-olympics-gender-testing/
Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in Nazi Germany - https://www.vox.com/culture/364032/trans-athletes-olympics-2024
Tested podcast: a surprising history of women’s sports - https://www.tested-podcast.com/
Lady Ballers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Ballers
The Behind-the-Scenes Journey of The Daily Wire’s Trans-Panic Sports Movie Disproves Its Entire Thesis - https://www.themarysue.com/ben-shapiro-admits-the-daily-wires-transphobic-movie-lady-ballers-is-nonsense/
Lance Armstrong doping case - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Armstrong_doping_case
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