Barry Aird: He/Him -Actor, Voiceover Artist. Lover of bacon and Ska. recently in The Sixth Commandment, Dalgliesh, Man Like Mobeen, Brassic, Line of Duty.
Without a doubt, the image that is the most used by the gender-critical is that of Hannah Mouncey. No one doubts she is big at 1.88 tall and weighing in at 100kg.
But not mentioned by the gender-critical is Sarah Perkins (pictured), a natal female who at her heaviest was a whopping 125kg. She plays Australian Rules Football too. Sarah Olle, a Fox News Sports Australia journalist, wrote “Perkins’ leading patterns are terrific. She’s quick off the mark, uses her size to great effect, has a monstrous kick and loves a celebration.” Sarah, nicknamed “Tex”, was an outstanding soccer and netball player but preferred “footy” and over a period of time dieted down to 95kg to increase speed. That was her choice – she effectively swapped the advantage of weight for an advantage in speed.
I am a global expert and published researcher in the effects of T reduction in trans women and a former world-champion athlete, who represented Australia in Aquathon & Modern Pentathlon at both junior and senior level. I was also an exceedingly good boxer, swimmer and rugby league player and was a World Champion in the sport of Aquathon.
Once I started my transition though my performances dropped dramatically.
Let’s look at some of the medical consequences that occur when an XY male suffers low levels of testosterone. Testosterone deprivation does not discriminate. I was a world champion & dual international male athlete pre-transition. I lost 11 seconds over 100m freestyle and 2 minutes over 3k running in my 1st year of T deprivation.
When a man has low testosterone or hypogonadism, he will experience many physiological contraindications: loss of sexual and mental health, complete muscle atrophy, increase in subcutaneous fat levels, accelerated bone loss, premature abnormal ageing, a large drop in hematocrit levels, cardiovascular health, ceasing of primary endocrine function and protein androgen synthesis, permanent androgen receptor atrophy. He also faces increased vulnerability to coronary heart disease, prone to joint health and injuries, elevated insulin levels and insulin resistance, elevated core body temperature during exercise, reduced stamina, delayed recovery, lethargy & diabetes together with reduced sex drive.
None of these medical consequences is performance-enhancing. No male in this health condition has ever broken a world record or even competed at the elite level of sports without androgen support.
There is no doubt that c1s-gender XY Males on average have an advantage in strength speed and endurance. Just looking at all sports world sporting records, clearly shows this to be true. Research has found the difference between men’s and women’s track world records as being 10 to 12%.
The medications administered to transitioning XY females are powerful drugs the same drugs used to chemically castrate sex offenders the same drugs used to castrate prostate cancer sufferers chemically.
This treatment changed my body from a 100kg former dual international male athletes’ body into a 57kg (size 6) transitioned woman’s body. I suffer permanent severe post-menopausal symptoms, including severe osteoporosis -3.2, complete muscle atrophy, and over 200 medical complications in my body, every day of my life, making sport at any level impossible.
My expert opinion and research is for sure damning in relation to trans women in sport. My evidence suggests much work needs to be done before any trans woman athlete could seriously compete in elite-level track & field events against natal females.
There is no research that has directly found trans women have an athletic advantage in sport, so it is difficult to understand why so many current policies continue to discriminate.
Inclusive transgender sporting policies need to be developed and implemented that allow transgender people to compete in accordance with their gender identity, regardless of hormone levels.
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@henrywinter Quansah gets a 2-match ban, but: Balogan's Red was upheld (not rescinded) & his ban overturned; Messi get's away with it totally (photo below).
Unconscious bias (or worse)? 100% consistency is impossible, but this looks unjustifiable - @FIFAcom?
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