For those of you who know Coach Greg ("Buy my COOK BOOK!"), I don't need to explain that he is an IBBF pro bodybuilder, who also holds some powerlifting records in the bench press and deadlift.
He has a video here, explaining what he thinks should be the solution to the conundrum of transgender athletes in sports. Just make a new category.
Why not? The paralympics, after all, have different categories depending upon the specific disabilities that the athletes have. Nobody thinks any less of an achievement in the paralympics. In fact, female sports themselves exist because they couldn't hope to compete with men in sports. So, given that someone who could have benefited from a couple of decades of being a biological male would find it far easier to rack up feats of strength that almost no biological females could hope to achieve (for example, even elite female powerlifters struggle to lift 100 kgs on the bench press whereas your average Joe in his forties can do that, for reps), it really does seem unfair that a guy can just turn up and declare themselves female by being at the testosterone threshold (10 nm/l for 12 months) for women.
I wasn't sure if Coach Greg was accurately summarizing this, but it appears to be more or less true, with a further stipulation:
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Anyway, here is Coach Greg's full video.
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Some people may be thinking, "Ah probably just another reactionary transphobe!" but I don't think so.
As an example, here is his video about Elliot Page:
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He has a video here, explaining what he thinks should be the solution to the conundrum of transgender athletes in sports. Just make a new category.
Why not? The paralympics, after all, have different categories depending upon the specific disabilities that the athletes have. Nobody thinks any less of an achievement in the paralympics. In fact, female sports themselves exist because they couldn't hope to compete with men in sports. So, given that someone who could have benefited from a couple of decades of being a biological male would find it far easier to rack up feats of strength that almost no biological females could hope to achieve (for example, even elite female powerlifters struggle to lift 100 kgs on the bench press whereas your average Joe in his forties can do that, for reps), it really does seem unfair that a guy can just turn up and declare themselves female by being at the testosterone threshold (10 nm/l for 12 months) for women.
I wasn't sure if Coach Greg was accurately summarizing this, but it appears to be more or less true, with a further stipulation:
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The new guidelines require only that trans woman athletes declare their gender and not change that assertion for four years, as well as demonstrate a testosterone level of less than 10 nanomoles per liter for at least one year prior to competition and throughout the period of eligibility. Athletes who transitioned from female to male were allowed to compete without restriction. These guidelines were in effect for the 2016 Rio Olympics, although no openly transgender athletes competed. |
Anyway, here is Coach Greg's full video.
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Some people may be thinking, "Ah probably just another reactionary transphobe!" but I don't think so.
As an example, here is his video about Elliot Page:
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