• rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Studies show that transfem athletes perform on par with cisgender feminine athletes. Do some research before you spout bigotry.

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      1 year ago

      Absolutely 100% incorrect. If a male has gone through puberty they have physical advantages over females that can never go away.

      As a good example, take Anne Andres the trans woman powerlifter. At the Canadian Powerlifting Championships her total lift weight was 200kg more than her nearest female rival. The female 2nd place getters total weight was less than 400kg, and Anne beat that by 200kg. Anne set new canadian records in all 4 womens events at this championship, and also set the unofficial womens world record for two of them.

      Anne also posted a video on instagram mocking the “other women” weighlifters and asked why they’re all so bad at bench press, unlike her. Gee, I wonder why?

      There are zero actually reputable scientific studies that will say that trans female athletes that have gone through male puberty “perform on par” with female athletes because it’s just not true.