Should transgender women be allowed to compete in women’s sports? Is it unfair on cis women if they do? Is it unfair on trans women if they can’t? Is there a coherent logic to the partitioning of sporting events?

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Things mentioned in this podcast

- Martina Navratilova’s criticism of transgender women in sport https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/martina-navratilova-transgender-women-sport-cheating-rachel-mckinnon-a8783671.html

- Sharron Davies’ criticism of transgender women in sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/47428951

- The Heraean Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraean_Games

- Eligible impairments for paralympic participation https://www.paralympic.org/classification

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