Lia Thomas - Again. Are Sports Bodies Tying Themselves In Knots In Not Wanting To Offend The Tg Minority?

[Deskdiary]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10636707/DAN-WOOTTON-world-allows-trans-swimmer-Lia-Thomas-compete-womens-sport-finished.html

NCAA Ranking as a man - 554th.

NCAA Ranking as a 'woman' - 1st.

'She' beat Emma Weyant, a silver medalist in Tokyo, by 1.75 seconds, and if the report I read at the weekend is true, 'she' appeared to be holding-back, presumably to avoid the gap being even greater as it would make the absurdity of the situation even more absurd.

The gold in Tokyo was won by 0.68 seconds ahead of Weyant, so if Thomas had gone to the Olympics, 'she' would most likely be the Olympic champion.

Lia Thomas is taking the place of a proper woman.

Sharon Davis has commented:

"She has greater upper-body strength and significantly more muscle mass than a woman of the same weight and height. She has a greater lung capacity, better VO2 uptake, different bone density, she is nearly 6ft 4in tall and has large hands and feet that act like paddles."

And a teammate has commented:

"...that they feel ‘awkward’ sharing a locker room with her because ‘Lia still has male body parts [by which I take they mean a penis] and is still attracted to women".

Why are sporting bodies allowing this absurdity to continue at the expense of women athletes?

[naomi24]

Jim, Is that ‘Yes it is fair’ or ‘No it isn’t fair’?

[jim360]

Anyway, that's my final comment on the matter in this thread. I'll leave it to others to judge if my time spent "think[ing] quietly for a bit" made the slightest difference. But all I can do is repeat that the integrity of women's sport, and its continued existence, is more important to me than trans women's participation within it, so if there's no way to accommodate both under any circumstances then so be it, it's a necessary sacrifice of being trans.

[pixie374]

Jim, I appreciate you returning. And have 2 questions...
-Are you suggesting that people are "sometimes" women. Such as not in sports, but in different areas? And why and how?

- maybe slightly unrelated, but would like your personal opinion, although I know this is unpopular just now...
It may not matter, as this would be unchangeable sex differences, rather than gender. But- we know there are far more intersex people than recorded, so many different degrees, and almost all are not realised until a post mortem... (autism already known to be a big factor(?))
What are your personal views, on intersex, autism... physical genes, on whether a person is likely to be transgender?

[pixie374]

Oh ok, up to you x

[naomi24]

Jim, still not a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer from you, but ...

//it's a necessary sacrifice of being trans. //

Does that mean you accept that trans people who don't want to compete with others of their sex must abandon competitive sport?

[1ozzy]

Good luck Jim