Anti-trans culture within sports must be addressed, through demystifying myths & misunderstandings regarding the participation of trans women within competitions. Hormone levels, sex-testing, forced surgeries, & many other misconceptions still remain as taboo & questionable subjects within sport. Let’s note that in order to fully include all gender identifications, the system as a whole should be questioned and readdressed. Let us strive for progress.

Resources:

You can get involved with the organization that backs this podcast, by visiting the Center for Sport &Social Justice’s website: https://www.csueastbay.edu/cssj/

An article written about sex testing: https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/12/04/theyre-chasing-us-away-sport/human-rights-violations-sex-testing-elite-women#

A documenting featuring Travers, in which a gender verification test is performed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf0danMat9w

A bio of the featured guest, Travers: https://www.sfu.ca/sociology-anthropology/people/faculty/travers.html

On April 23 ,2018, the IAAF released eligibility rules for female classifications in sport: https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=0c7ef23c-10e1-4025-bd0c-e9f3b8f9b158.pdf&urlslug=IAAF%20Eligibility%20Regulations%20for%20the%20Female%20Classification%20%5BAthletes%20with%20Differences%20of%20Sex%20Development%5D%20in%20force%20as%20from%201st%20November%202018

This article discussed the previous mentioned IAAF eligibility rules: https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-release/eligibility-regulations-for-female-classifica

Beneath the Surface, an autobiography written by Michael Phelps details his life & his journey to the Olympics + his diagnosis of Marfan’s Syndrome, which is genetically advantageous in swimming

Some female eligibility policies: https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-addresses-eligibility-of-female-athletes-with-hyperandrogenism and https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-release/questions-answers-iaaf-female-eligibility-reg

An article detailing Caster Semanya and the ASA against the IAAF: https://www.sports.legal/2019/06/caster-semenya-asa-vs-the-iaaf-what-it-means-for-women-and-sport/

The most up-to-date (November 2021) IOC policies regarding female eligibility according to each individual sport: https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2021/11/IOC-Framework-Fairness-Inclusion-Non-discrimination-2021.pdf?_ga=2.81833686.1565928341.1644209292-228312917.1644209292

Lia Thomas was experiencing success in swimming, when the new female eligibility IOC guidelines were released: https://www.them.us/story/lia-thomas-ncaa-transgender-guidelines-confusing-harm-athletes

New NCAA female eligibility guidelines for swimming in 2022: https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/2/10/media-center-csmas-subcommittee-recommends-no-additional-changes-to-testosterone-threshold-for-trans-women-at-2022-womens-swimming-and-diving-championships.aspx

Dutee Chand wins court case to compete with naturally “high” testosterone levels: https://theworld.org/stories/2015-07-28/indian-sprinter-dutee-chand-wins-right-compete-again

Research on the lack of scientific evidence on sex testing by Katrina Karkazis, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Georgiann Davis, and Silvia Camporesi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5152729/

History on the existence of transgender women: Jules Gill-Peterson’s Histories of the Transgender Child

Natacha Kennedy & Mark Hellen wrote a paper on how transgender children become aware earlier than what has been believed: https://www.ncgs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Transgender-Children-%E2%80%93-More-than-a-Theoretical-Challenge.pdf

Organizations leading the way for academic and activist work for trans athletes: https://www.athleteally.org/ and https://www.outsports.com/

“Namibian Teens Stoke New Olympic Testosterone Controversy” by Gerald Imray: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/namibian-teens-stoke-new-olympic-testosterone-controversy-1.6126829