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The Long History of #SexTesting in the Olympics and Other Elite Sports
Here’s the long history of sex testing in elite sports like the Olympics and where the science really stands.
By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi & Jeffery DelViscio
"Rachel Feltman: There have been a lot of headlines in recent years about #TransgenderAthletes. But this isn’t actually the first time debates over biological sex have caused controversy and exclusion in the sports world.
"Even athletes who identify with the sex they were assigned at birth, meaning people with XX chromosomes who were assigned female at birth and identify as women today, can find themselves banned from elite competition on the basis of their biology."
Read more / listen:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sex-testing-in-the-olympics-and-other-elite-sports-is-based-on-flawed/
#TransAthletes
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Here’s the long history of sex testing in elite sports like the Olympics and where the science really stands.
By Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi & Jeffery DelViscio
"Rachel Feltman: There have been a lot of headlines in recent years about #TransgenderAthletes. But this isn’t actually the first time debates over biological sex have caused controversy and exclusion in the sports world.
"Even athletes who identify with the sex they were assigned at birth, meaning people with XX chromosomes who were assigned female at birth and identify as women today, can find themselves banned from elite competition on the basis of their biology."
Read more / listen:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sex-testing-in-the-olympics-and-other-elite-sports-is-based-on-flawed/
#TransAthletes
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#CaitlynJenner issues surprising statement after #Trump signs executive order affecting #TransAthletes
The former Olympian has left some of her X followers feeling 'confused'
One follower wrote: "Legitimate question - as a trans woman, are you cool with them just slowly erasing trans people, their rights, and everything they’ve worked towards?"
Rhianna Benson, February 16, 2025
"According to Reuters, enforcing his ban 'may be difficult' for Trump 'to enforce', being that his current options 'range from looking at birth certificates, which can be altered, to inspecting the bodies of children, an alternative that most would find unpalatable at best'.
"Transgender athlete Chris Mosier, who also spoke to the publication, has since responded: 'Anti-trans school sports bans are difficult to enforce because they rely on #SexTesting and #BodyPolicing for implementation and enforcement.
"'An increased scrutiny on athletes' bodies creates serious harm to all women and girls who are perceived as 'more masculine' due to being #queer, #intersex, or otherwise out of alignment with narrow, white-centric norms of femininity.'" [Or those of us with higher androgen levels naturally! 🤚🏼 ]
Read more:
https://www.tyla.com/news/politics/caitlyn-jenner-transgender-athletes-donald-trump-policy-support-157158-20250206
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #USPol #GenderPolice
The former Olympian has left some of her X followers feeling 'confused'
One follower wrote: "Legitimate question - as a trans woman, are you cool with them just slowly erasing trans people, their rights, and everything they’ve worked towards?"
Rhianna Benson, February 16, 2025
"According to Reuters, enforcing his ban 'may be difficult' for Trump 'to enforce', being that his current options 'range from looking at birth certificates, which can be altered, to inspecting the bodies of children, an alternative that most would find unpalatable at best'.
"Transgender athlete Chris Mosier, who also spoke to the publication, has since responded: 'Anti-trans school sports bans are difficult to enforce because they rely on #SexTesting and #BodyPolicing for implementation and enforcement.
"'An increased scrutiny on athletes' bodies creates serious harm to all women and girls who are perceived as 'more masculine' due to being #queer, #intersex, or otherwise out of alignment with narrow, white-centric norms of femininity.'" [Or those of us with higher androgen levels naturally! 🤚🏼 ]
Read more:
https://www.tyla.com/news/politics/caitlyn-jenner-transgender-athletes-donald-trump-policy-support-157158-20250206
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #USPol #GenderPolice
Caitlyn Jenner issues surprising statement after Trump signs executive order affecting trans athletes
Former Olympian, Caitlyn Jenner, has left some of her X followers feeling 'confused' following her statement about Trump's ban on transgender athletes.Rhianna Benson (Tyla)
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/04/end-abusive-sex-testing-women-athletes
#HumanRightswatch
End Abusive #SexTesting for Women Athletes (4 dec 2020)
The test violates rights and ruins lives
#EndSexTesting #TransvestigationIsBULLYING #TransvestigatingHurtsEVERYONE
#HumanRightswatch
End Abusive #SexTesting for Women Athletes (4 dec 2020)
The test violates rights and ruins lives
#EndSexTesting #TransvestigationIsBULLYING #TransvestigatingHurtsEVERYONE
End Abusive Sex Testing for Women Athletes
Women track and field athletes, largely from the Global South, are abused and harmed by “sex testing” regulations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.Human Rights Watch