Transgender Athletes: A Comprehensive Study - Part III
Jill and Joe Biden’s Hypocrisy
Honouring Brazilian Trans-Woman Alba Rueda on International Women’s Day! A Slap in the Face! No US Female Athlete or decorated US Woman! And, did they not declare a strong stance against biological women in their thesis, that there are no longer Women?
Charlotte Clymer meeting Joe Biden. He pointed at her heart and said “trans rights are human rights”. (cmclymer/Twitter)
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
The demographics of sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States have been studied in the social sciences over decades. The 2022 Gallup poll concludes that 7.1% of adult Americans identified as LGBT. A different survey 2016 from the Williams Institute estimated that 0.6% of U.S. adults identify as transgender. As of 2022, estimates for the total percentage of U.S. adults that are transgender or nonbinary range from 0.5% to 1.6%. Additionally, a Pew Research survey from 2022 found that approximately 5% of young adults in the USA say their gender differs from their sex assigned at birth. Based on the data, this is a minor percentile of the total population within the Woke Culture that now dictates that the majority of women are no longer women, and any male having the notion or “feeling to be a woman” can choose to be incarcerated in Women’s prisons, seek Women’s shelters, select women’s locker rooms, and of course compete in Women's Sports, depriving biological girls and women of their privilege and the opportunities in sports participation, taking away their scholarships and prize money (golf, tennis, etc.) and/or commercial endorsements like Budweiser and Nike, Maybelline, etc. commercials.
The Transgender Phenomenon
According to Woke, Women are no longer biological Women (!)… they are now “birthing persons,” “menstruators,” and whatever they decide to label us. The German Television Network ARD raised a lot of national criticism that the term ‘Mother’ was replaced by “Entbindende Person” [birth-giving person] in order not to discriminate against anyone… calling it … “Total Non-sense!” (reported by “das Neue Magazine #16,” April 15, 2023). Maybe they are more sane over there than here!
Past scientific evidence shows that so-called biological women with uteruses and ovaries, experience monthly menstrual cycles and can bear children. Any Lesbian couple needs a male donor to have a child (unless one of the women is a former male who has transgendered and still has the male anatomy). Gay men couples need a surrogate woman to carry and bear their child unless one partner has undergone hormonal changes, experiences menstruation, and can give birth, according to newer research findings and some studies. And this is now leading to even greater confusion as several recent studies show various possibilities for gender identification.
We now have to identify as CISGENDER, relating to, or being, a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth, versus Transgender, defined as a person’s deeply felt, inherent sense of a girl, woman, or female; a boy, a man, or male; a blend of male or female; or alternative gender, according to the American Psychological Association (2020). Cisgender people have a gender that aligns with their sex assignment, whereas trans and non-binary people don’t. There are an estimated 1.4 million trans and non-binary Americans. When describing biological processes like menstruation and pregnancy to describe what makes women “unique and special,” we’re reducing womanhood to a set of body parts.
Unlike gender, menstruation is about the body. Anyone with a typically functioning uterus and vagina will menstruate, regardless of their identity. For example, a trans man with a typically functioning uterus and vagina will menstruate. That’s just a biological reality. So yes, men can have periods. In fact, anyone of any gender can have a period. Not all women menstruate, and not all people who menstruate are women,” “If you have a uterus and aren’t pregnant/breastfeeding, menopausal, hormonally suppressing your periods, or dealing with a condition like PCOS, then you’re likely menstruating. Most trans-women (male to female/man to woman) do not have uteruses and vaginas and therefore don’t bleed. We’re talking about trans-men. Many trans-men (female to male/woman to man) have uteruses and vaginas, as do many binary people. So, they menstruate.
Transgender women can transition in a variety of ways. One way is through the use of gender-affirming hormone therapy. These Transgender women may undergo gender-affirming treatment, such as hormone therapy, and those who undergo hormone therapy may take oral, transdermal, or injectable versions of estrogen. They may also use anti-androgens, such as progesterone. However, they may experience physical and emotional symptoms similar to premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. As a side effect of hormone therapy, they may experience symptoms similar to those of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). While some symptoms of PMS and PMDD are physical, others are emotional or psychological. Transgender women do not experience typical menstrual periods.
Transgender and Giving Birth
It is possible for men to become pregnant and give birth to children of their own. In fact, it’s probably a lot more common than one might think. To explain, we must break down some common misconceptions about understanding the term “man.” Not all people who were assigned male at birth (AMAB) identify as men. Those who do are “cisgender” men. Conversely, some people who were assigned female at birth (AFAB) identify as men. They may be “transgender” men or trans-masculine people, described as an AFAB individual who identifies or presents more on the masculine side of the spectrum. This person may identify as a man or any number of other gender identities, including nonbinary, genderqueer, or agender. Many AFABs who identify as men or who don’t identify as women have the reproductive organs necessary to carry a child.
There are also emerging technologies that may make it possible for AMAB individuals to carry a child. The reproductive organs and hormones may change what pregnancy looks like, but the person’s gender isn’t – and shouldn’t be considered a limiting factor. In 2013, researchers surveyed 41 transgender men and trans-masculines who had stopped taking testosterone and became pregnant. They found that most respondents could conceive a child within six months of stopping testosterone. Five of these people conceived without having first resumed menstruation. The report states, “There’s nothing inherently feminine or womanly about conception, pregnancy, or delivery. No body part, nor bodily function, is inherently gendered. If your body can gestate a fetus, and that’s something you happen to want – then it’s for you, too.” Ceasing the use of testosterone may also exacerbate feelings of gender dysphoria, and one may find these feelings intensify as the body changes to accommodate the pregnancy.
The social association of pregnancy with womanhood and femininity can also lead to discomfort. It’s important to note that discomfort and dysphoria aren’t a given for all trans folks who become pregnant. In fact, some people find that the experience of being pregnant and giving birth enhances their connection to their bodies. The emotional impact of pregnancy is entirely dictated by each individual’s personal experience, so the report.
Delivery
In a survey, administrators found that a higher percentage of those who reported testosterone use before conception had a cesarean delivery (C-section), though the difference wasn’t statistically significant. It’s also worth noting that 25 percent of people who had a C-section elected to do so, possibly due to discomfort or other feelings around vaginal delivery. Although more research is necessary, this suggests that the outcomes for transgender, transmasculine, and gender non-conforming ones are similar to that of cisgender women.
Trans Endorsement Trend: Budweiser – Nike – Maybelline – Tampax
Amusing – Bizarre Or What?
Imposter and Farce!
Mulvaney becomes the New Tampax and Maybelline Make-up Girl!
Her Quote: “I Just Sometimes Carry One In Case Anybody Needs It!”
Transgender is moving into former women’s commercial endorsements! Dylan Mulvaney, the female imposter claiming to be transgendering, secured the Anheuser-Busch for their Bud commercial, the Nike and Maybelline Make-up line, and Tampax endorsements. Does she look like any woman we see daily in our community? The choice of Dylan, who has yet to physically transition to a woman, has been heavily criticized as failing to represent 'realistic female bodies.” Some may remember the Women’s Worl Cup in Soccer 1994 as Brandi Chastain’s sports bra image changed women’s soccer and history years ago.
Women/Females are the Majority Population in Canada and USA
According to statistics, Canada’s female resident population is about 19.12 million out of 39 million Canadians as of 2022. Sep 30, 2022. The estimated population of the U.S. is approximately 331.89 million. According to the World Bank collection of development indicators, females (% of the total population) were reported at 50.46 % in 2021, compiled from officially recognized sources. Given those statistics, women/females are in the majority, yet elite males and radical left-woke ideologues decide over our lives, “what defines us as women,” and fair opportunities in women’s sports. According to a recent poll, 65% of Americans believe that ‘biological’ males should not compete in women's sports, while 57% believe that gender is based on the sex assigned at birth (Fox News/ Gutfeld, May 5, 2023) with a discussion on the verb ‘assigned’ – ‘assigned at birth versus assigned by science as a basic reality.’
The 2023 Sham
Forward to 2023… performing as a previous male swimmer with a mediocre performance success in the NCCA Division I of male swimming events decides “he now identifies as a female” and enters the NCCA women's swimming championships, defeats previous female champions, gets the Outstanding Female Award, and destroys the efforts and performance of female swimmers! Fair? No! He becomes the first known transgender athlete to win the highest US National Collegiate Title with a victory in the women's 500-yard freestyle, standing tall and smiling wide atop the championship podium, her nearly 6-foot-4 frame pushing her head past the top of the Ivy League’s green photo backdrop. Did she have to tape her male anatomy underneath her bathing suit upward to pass as a female?
His/Her dominance in the pool has raised questions about the NCAA’s policies toward transgender women athletes and the proper balance between inclusion and fairness. For over a decade, the NCAA has required transgender women to be on testosterone suppression treatment for a year before they are allowed to compete on the women’s team. Obviously, then they believed in differences between men and women! In January, the NCAA said it would change its rules to match each sport’s national governing body, but when USA Swimming released a set of stricter guidelines, the NCAA said it would not institute those rules until after the season, paving the way for Thomas to compete in the national championships.
Inside Harvard University’s Blodgett Pool, not far from a large banner reading “8 Against Hate,” referring to Ivy League’s eight schools, her victories in the 500-yard freestyle, the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle showed a star athlete going about her business. The crowd of family and friends cheered politely, and Thomas posed for photos with Penn teammates and shook the hands of her closest competitors. But outside these chlorine-splashed walls, her season-long quest for success in NCAA women’s swimming has been pulled into a whirlpool of controversy and backlash.
Swimmer Riley Gaines said she was assaulted on the San Francisco State University campus. when trying to speak about her views opposing the inclusion of transgender athletes in women sports, according to the event announcement. “I was physically assaulted by one person. I was struck twice, both times hitting my shoulder with the second strike grazing my face,” Gaines told CNN’s, Natasha Chen. She was locked into an empty classroom for her own protection as “the rest of the protestors just ambushed and cornered her before she was able to move out with the help of campus police.” A video shows a protester can be heard shouting, “Trans rights are human rights.”
With each victory, Thomas, who previously swam for Penn’s men’s team, has brought renewed attention to the ongoing debate on trans-woman’s participation in sports and the balance between inclusion and fair play. In the past couple of years, Republican-led states across the country have passed laws to keep trans women and girls from participating in girls’ and women’s sports in the name of “fairness,” and Thomas quickly became the personification of those fears, a Republican Senate candidate in Missouri featured Thomas in a campaign ad and asserted, "Women’s sports are for women, not men pretending to be women,” a transphobic trope belittling trans-women.
The Thomas Effect on Female Swimming Competition
Lisa Thomas has said that she hopes to try to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team in 2024, but the FINA ruling would prohibit that. Riley Gaines, who competed against Thomas at the N.C.A.A. championships, is among those who argue that the Biden administration proposal would undermine the purpose of Title IX. “We want to protect the female category of sport,” said Gaines, who is also the spokeswoman for the Independent Women’s Forum, a conservative women’s organization.
Just how much of an advantage did Lia Thomas possess over biological females? The fact that the University of Pennsylvania swimmer soared from a mid-500s ranking (554th in the 200 freestyle; all divisions) in men’s competition to one of the top-ranked swimmers in women’s competition tells the story of the unfairness which unfolded at the NCAA level. Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle in 4 minutes and 37.32 seconds, beating her next-closest female competitor by 7.5 seconds. Thomas made the Final in three events at the NCAA Championships, highlighted by the victory in the 500 freestyle. She also finished fifth in the 200 freestyle and was eighth in the 100 freestyle. Although she didn’t contest the event at the NCAA Championships, Thomas had one of the country’s top times in the 1650 freestyle. Here’s a look at her performances throughout the season, including their comparative status to her times as a Penn State men’s squad member.
In the 500 freestyle, Thomas’ time of 4:33.24 from her NCAA title handed her the fastest time in the nation by more than a second over Arizona State’s Emma Nordin (4:34.87). Additionally, Thomas’ difference from her personal best with the Penn men’s program was just 6%, as opposed to the typical 10% to 11% difference generally seen between men and women.
Thomas’ best time in the 200 freestyle ended up being her 1:41.93 mark from the Zippy Invitational in December. That effort ultimately ended up 3.76% slower than her best time before her transition. Again, that time was between 7% and 8% faster than the typical separation between men and women.
When Thomas won the 200 freestyle at the Ivy League Champs in 1:43.12, she was even with runner-up Samantha Shelton at the midway point but crushed the Harvard swimmer over the last 100, highlighted by a 25.04 split for the last 50 yards. The closing split of Thomas was faster than the finishing laps of Missy Franklin in her American-record performance and the best closing effort of the likes of Katie Ledecky, Mallory Comerford and Siobhan Haughey, among others.
In the 100 freestyle, Thomas’ best time prior to her transition was 47.15. At the NCAA Championships, she posted a prelims time in the event of 47.37. That time reflects minimal mitigation of her male-puberty advantage.
Thomas competed as a Penn men’s team member during the 2018-19 season and ranked 554th in the 200 freestyle, 65th in the 500 freestyle and 32nd in the 1650 freestyle. As her career at Penn wrapped, she moved to fifth, first and eighth in those respective events on the women’s deck.
2023 NCAA DIVISION I Nationals: DEPRIVED OF HER VICTORY
Equity? No – Woke Joke! Discrimination against Women!
Riley Gaines, University of Kentucky
Riley Gaines “Swimming Against the Current”
Thomas’s dominance in the pool has raised questions about the NCAA’s policies toward transgender women athletes and the proper balance between inclusion and fairness. For over a decade, the NCAA has required transgender women to be on testosterone suppression treatment for a year before they are allowed to compete on the women’s team. The NCAA said it would change its rules to match each sport’s national governing body, but when USA Swimming released a set of stricter guidelines, the NCAA said it would not institute those rules until after the season, paving the way for Thomas to compete in the national championships.
This regress for Women is not surprising since Supreme Justice Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson in the Biden Administration, loaded with all sorts of transgender types, claimed she could not/would not/and refused to define the term ‘Woman’ during her Senate confirmation hearing! I am surprised the female Senator questioning her did not further pursue the topic by asking, “How do you define yourself then.’ This justice will not sit over any legislation dealing with women’s issues.
Riley Gaines: It gets worse: When I tied with Lia Thomas – down the hundredth of a second – I was told that the NCAA hadn’t planned for a tie and that Thomas had to have the trophy for photo purposes…What a way to go to ensure “Fair play … NCAA going for the Woke culture.”
AND… “We are trained as Coaches to Teach Fair Play”
Women Facing the Transgender Dilemma
Transgender athletes in Women’s Sports are a controversial topic that involves different rules and opinions from various organizations and individuals. Some current elite female runners suggest an “open category” for transgender women to protect women’s sports. The IOC allows male-to-female transgender athletes to compete in women's sports if the testosterone level is below a certain level, which is still high by female standards. FINA, the international swimming federation, sets stricter criteria for transgender athletes based on age and puberty stage. The NCAA has welcomed transgender athletes in women’s College sports since 2011, with about 50 transgender athletes among 200,000 women athletes. The British athletes, one of whom is an Olympian, believe athletes should only be allowed to compete in the category of their biological sex. Transgender women should compete in an "open category" to "protect women's sport", say two current elite female runners.
The debate centres around the balance of inclusion, sporting fairness and safety in women's sports – essentially, whether trans women can compete in female categories without their biological sex giving them an unfair advantage or presenting a threat of injury to other competitors. The governing bodies of cycling and swimming are currently reviewing their transgender policies. Many argue that transgender women should not compete in elite women's sports because of any advantages they may retain – but others argue that sports should be more inclusive.
The British
British athletes, one of whom is an Olympian, believe athletes should only be allowed to compete in the category of their biological sex. The debate centres around the balance of inclusion, sporting fairness and safety in Women's Sports – essentially, whether trans women can compete in female categories without their biological sex, giving them an unfair advantage or presenting a threat of injury to other competitors. The governing bodies of cycling and swimming are currently reviewing their transgender policies. Many argue that transgender women should not compete in elite women's sports because of any advantages they may retain - but others argue that sports should be more inclusive.
The debate has transcended sport, even drawing comments from former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson who does not believe transgender women should compete in female sporting events. The athletes who spoke to BBC podcast The Sports Desk have asked to remain anonymous for fear of social media backlash and losing sponsorship deals. They were advised against speaking out by those closest to them – but felt they needed to "stand up". "I believe sport needs to be kept in sex categories," said athlete A. "That's the only way it remains fair. "The categories aren't there for gender identity. The categories are there for sex and the difference between the two sexes. Another athlete added: "Competition needs to be fair; it's meaningful if it's fair. "The whole point of competition is to make a fair and level playing field, and the only way to do that is to have a female category and a male open category, where trans women can compete, and it's a level playing field. "We need to protect women's sport” (BBC Sport, Dougal & Falkingham, May 9, 2022).
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