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Exactly two years ago today, this man won a women's Olympic boxing gold medal, after easily beating up the world's best female boxers. It was the closest I ever came to walking away from the fight for sex-based rights. I expected international outrage and instead, every western media outlet trumpeted that not only was "she" definitely a woman, but that those of us who said otherwise were racist bigots being cruel because "she" didn't meet 'white standards of femininity'. Social media users believed the media and attacked us as racists for pointing out the obvious: "she" was male. I really thought there was no hope of ever winning back women's sports at that point. If an obvious man could beat up women and steal their Olympic gold and be cheered on by the world, we couldn't possibly convince anyone that men don't have the right to compete in women's sports or to be in women's spaces, either. But in the last two years, the Olympics have reinstated sex screening and a number of sports leagues have followed suit. Current female star athletes like Aryna Sabalenka and Sophie Cunningham stood up for single-sex sports. We have a long way to go, but it just goes to show you: no matter how dark things look, never give up the fight.