Regardless, exclusion of transgender people from sports is not backed by the science, current evidence points to trans women having similar fitness and athletic ability as cis women:

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2026/01/22/bjsports-2025-110239

While transgender women exhibited higher lean mass than cisgender women, their physical fitness was comparable.

transgender women’s VO₂ max, when adjusted for weight, aligns with cisgender women,4 further supporting parity in endurance capabilities

the absence of strength disparities between transgender women and cisgender women found in the current review was consistent and contradicts narratives framing male puberty as conferring irreversible athletic advantages despite [gender-affirming hormone therapy].

transgender women’s pretherapy advantages in push-ups and sit-ups disappeared after 2 years of feminising hormones among 46 individuals who started [gender-affirming hormone therapy] while in the US Air Force.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Strange. I would think that a tween novalist would bu much more up to date in terms of modern medical science.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

doesn't take scientific literacy to know that a woman who looks like a woman, was born a woman, and has always been a woman ... is a woman 🙄

JK Rowling is actively participating in the anti-trans movement, who targeted Khelif because they want to keep up the tempo and discussion about trans participation in sports even when there are no trans participants to complain about.

[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not all trans people are transitioned on hormones, so I guess a relevant question is Are trans athletes required to have been on HRT +testosterone blockers for a minimum time in order to compete in sports? At what level of competition would that be required? How and by whom is that monitored? Is it even possible to monitor if, say, an athlete reduces their T blockers?

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

yes, absolutely - and this has been true for decades without issue, the only reason it's coming up now is because the anti-trans movement is making such a big deal about it (not because trans women are winning or out-competing cis female athletes suddenly after decades of participation in sports)

It differs depending on the sport as to what the rules are, but the IOC for example used to require of trans women that they show testosterone levels are sufficiently low to compete in the Olympics. (Though recently the IOC got a new president who is committed to excluding trans and intersex participation in the Olympics, so the IOC just announced their new anti-trans policy, though that's not based on any evidence or change in the science, it's just ideology.)

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 week ago

Wow, he really knows how to connect with younger voters /s

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago

Regressives keep focusing on what's really important in this day and age.

[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago

pierre poilievre is in lock step with trump on every issue. He is not the person Canada needs. Perhaps he can move to the usa where his ideas fit right in.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Poilievere and Rowling can go shove a broomstick in it

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

A broomstick? Try an umbrella

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

a pair of irrelevants squack…

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

It should be noted that the woman they keep using an image of regarding this topic is in fact a cisgendered woman.

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[–] AnalogHole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This literally has nothing to do with their rights. You are just an idiot ❤️

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[–] twopi@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I think you do yourself a disservice by using such incidents. A lot of incidents I see involving trans athletes are just illegal moves rather than advantages of men over women.

Statistics is a better measure as it is with statistics you can get a feel of performance instead of one off games.

Though I think the burden of proof falls on the trans athletes. Since the differences between the sexes has survived the null hypothesis, trans athletes need to prove their performance is not in line with their birth sex.

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Spiking the ball during a volleyball match or punching someone in the face during a boxing match is hardly an illegal move. Lia Thomas, who was ranked 400th as a male swimmer became a trans female swimmer and broke records. At the time, she didn't do anything illegal.

Is it controversial to state a male's body is stronger and has a higher compete level than a female's body?

[–] AnalogHole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

You obviously have no critical faculties and cant see past your own ignorance.

The science doesnt agree with you. After about two years there isnt any significant competitive advantage and certainly none at the elite level. They arent biological males, they are biological trans women.

I suppose you think Imane Khelif should be banned too because she isnt estrogen enough for you, right? How much testosterone is too much for you? Is she biological woman enough to compete? How many of these athletes have more T than the trans athletes? This is a non issue dreamed up to get ignorant sheep worked up to keep them angry and controlled. And it has nothing to do with cis women's rights; you are just an idiot ❤️.