helen smith

scientist, teacher, runner, newbie triathlete

[Male Allies Challenging Sexism (MACS) @MenVSexism]

"if it’s a ‘fun run’, and therefore ‘unimportant’, why have categories at all? Why have a start line and a finish line? Why keep track of the fastest runners on a record table?"

Great #substack by @millihill on the #unfairness at #Parkrun!

https://t.co/iyd4PMuEjy

[Mara Yamauchi @mara_yamauchi]

Brilliant article from @millihill on the “progressive misogyny” at parkrun & elsewhere which lets males steal medals, places, records & other achievements from women & girls in sport. Please read. 👇#SaveWomensSports

[helen smith @Mrssmithphysics]

'My thing is, I'm not gender neutral. I'm a girl. The whole idea of a third category invalidates my sense of identity,'

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

Transgender athlete now DOMINATES against biological women https://t.co/ZNjBVCg72Y via @MailSport

[Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg]

This is the petition - https://t.co/qeTFxRjvs1

All British citizens or UK residents have the right to sign

Your personal details won't be published anywhere or used for anything other than this petition.

[Karin Litzcke @KarinLitzcke]

@ShePersistedAu @i_heart__bikes @NolDPolitics Mind you, Twitter can be used. I can't find an account for EZI car rental, or Christchurch Adventure Park, but we can let the rest of the sponsors know that men should not be in women's races.
@World_Enduro
@raceface604
@SRAMmtb
@EVOCCANADA
@maxxistires
@GiroCyclingUK

[Marshi Smith 🏊🏼‍♀️🇰🇷🇺🇸 @SmithMarshi]

Feelings of male athletes should not take precedence over safety of female athletes

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Dress however you please.
Call yourself whatever you like.
Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you.
Live your best life in peace and security.
But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real?
#IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill

[Rosie Duffield MP @RosieDuffield1]

@mandystadt @GeorgeAylett And in the words of the fabulous @TheFamousArtBR 💜

[Mara Yamauchi @mara_yamauchi]

👇Excellent from @oliverbrown_tel - please read. Like @BevJacksonAuth, O’Connor has to fight again, decades after she first did, for females’ rights.

World Rowing says trans athletes must be treated w “due sensitivity” while they smash women’s rowing - why no same sensitivity…

[Mara Yamauchi @mara_yamauchi]

👇Enjoyed every moment with this group of brilliant, fearless, articulate & badass sportswomen. 🔥🔥Thank you @FiLiA_charity & @fairplaywomen for having us. We will keep fighting until all women’s sport everywhere is for females only. #SaveWomensSports #Filia22 #sexnotgender

[Mara Yamauchi @mara_yamauchi]

Please read👇. ‘Equality’ lead in a public, sport-related body funded by public money reported Meade for the ‘crime’ of sharing articles. I & I’m sure many others will be v concerned about whether Sport England can or will uphold fairness for females after this. #sexnotgender

[Mara Yamauchi @mara_yamauchi]

Please read this excellent article from @oliverbrown_tel👇. But note that British Rowing’s policy at junior & recreational level allows males into female rowing without restriction. Males in F category exclusively benefits males & harms females. #nothankyou #SaveWomensSports

[helen smith @Mrssmithphysics]

@Daley_thompson @mara_yamauchi @fairplaywomen @TomDaley1994 Thankyou Daley for saying this. There are many of us who self exclude because of the unfairness.

[helen smith @Mrssmithphysics]

UKA UPDATE ON POSITION ON TRANSGENDER INCLUSION WITHIN ATHLETICS – UK Athletics https://t.co/lqMafNvQLE

[FairPlayForWomen @fairplaywomen]

Male advantage retained after a decade of hormone treatment. Sports need to stop tinkering with rules based on testosterone levels and go back to basics. Sex based eligibility is the only way forward if women matter in your sport.

[Ross Tucker @Scienceofsport]

Over a decade (14.4 yrs average) of T-suppression, and TW have VO2max 20% higher, grip strength 19% higher & skeletal mass 40% than women. More evidence that male biology persists long after T is removed. Another piece of the same puzzle, albeit from a cross-sectional study

[Daley Thompson @Daley_thompson]

@cathydevine56 @BritishRowing I know a little about Institutional discrimination and can’t abide it or the people who enable it. So when someone does sue @BritishRowing I’d be happy to throw in some of my kids pocket money to help crowdfund it @fairplaywomen

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

Sports governing bodies consult with your female athletes who YOU are robbing of fair sport. Work with peer reviewed science & credible scientific evidence. Adding an open classifications means no one is excluded & fair sport remains for both sexes. NO one can change their sex

[helen smith @Mrssmithphysics]

@BritishRowing