Tag: Laurel Hubbard
The febrile transgender debate tends to unite politicians only in their quest to obfuscate the truth. But at last we have a prime minister who is willing to be honest with the public. It’s not Boris Johnson — not yet, anyway — but Scott Morrison who has thrown caution to the wind. The Australian PM has declared that trans sheilas are not sheilas. Not in sport, anyway.
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The Olympics’ shameful transgender cop out
The International Olympic Committee have just* released a new framework for transgender and intersex inclusion in sports. The old Olympic guidelines from 2015 allowed Laurel Hubbard, a transgender weightlifter, to compete with women in Tokyo and were clearly not fit for purpose – even the IOC admitted that. But this new document is arguably even worse.
The Sports Councils Equality Group came out in defence of women-only sport
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Why this trans athlete is no Laurel Hubbard
Unlike the New Zealand weightlifter, Quinn is a biological female
The International Olympic Committee medical director seems to think so
Laurel Hubbard, born male, is competing in women’s weightlifting. Hubbard may be classified female, but retains many of the the advantages of a male body. The key is testosterone, not just now, but in the past.
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A gendered soul?
Debbie Hayton 