Can't have it both ways, ya bunch of moonbats. Transgender weightlifter’s gold medal sparks new debate By Lukas Mikelionis | Fox News Should transgender persons be allowed to compete by sex or by gender identity? A women’s rights group demanded action after a transgender weightlifter dominated a recent tournament and is free to compete at next year’s Tokyo Olympics. The controversy stems from Laurel Hubbard’s performance at the Games in Samoa earlier this month, where she won two golds and a silver in three of the women’s heavyweightcategories. Women’s rights groups are demanding action to stop biological male athletes from competing against biological women after transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard (right) dominated a recent tournament and is free to compete at next year’s Tokyo Olympics. (AP) Women’s rights groups say that Hubbard, who competed for New Zealand in men’s weightlifting before her transition in her thirties, is having an “unfair” advantage against women and shouldn’t be allowed to compete in the Olympics in the women’s category. New Zealand-based lobby group “Speak Up For Women” called on the country’s Olympic committee and sports minister to “defend women’s sport,” Reuters reported. “Kiwis (New Zealanders) know that males competing in women’s sport is blatantly unfair,” the group’s spokesperson Ani O’Brien said. British group “Fair Play for Women” also recently urged the sport authorities to “wake up” after Hubbard won the titles and argued that sports must be separated by sex rather than gender identity. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued guidelines in 2015 stating that transgender athletes can compete in women’s category as long as their testosterone levels are below 10 nanomoles per liter for at least 12 months prior to their first competition, according to Reuters. Despite that, critics say the science shows that such rules don’t mitigate the fact that biological male athletes still enjoy natural advantages. The controversy even prompted top officials to weigh on the issue, with Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi telling the outlet that Hubbard shouldn’t participate in another category. “I really don’t think he – she – should ever participate in this (tournament), but I realize we have to (be) inclusive and we cannot exclude these people,” she told Reuters. “They ought to participate in these Games in their own category.”
Only acceptable position, according to the "party of science": You cannot have an opinion on abortion unless you have a uterus but you can compete in womens' sports without one.
Gee, who could have ever seen this coming? Grown men in women’s bathrooms, in women’s sports, in women’s locker rooms, showers, etc. You wanted it lefties. Reap what you sow
Why did someone who never lifted a weight start a thread complaining about weightlifting competitions? Perhaps he should should talk about what he knows and focus on hot dog or pie eating contests.
Its gotta chap Freddy's ass that he has to log out in order to see my thread content. Actually, now that I think about it, he probably likes his ass chapped.
Ditto. If you were born with a penis, you shouldn't be allowed to compete in women's sports. And if you're a tranny who desires to compete with real women, TOUGH! Get over it! Only F'n idiots believe otherwise.
Fred, with all your knowledge in the genetic differences between men and women you cannot possibly support men competing as women in weightlifting. You post one article after another about the science in weight training, all of them useful articles. Where's the science that claims men have no advantage in this sport when they most certainly do? Women's track, and now weight lifting are being destroyed by these guys posing as women. This is absurd and you know it.
Eventually there will be separate Olympics for transgenders just as there are Miss plastic surgery beauty pageants. If you were to go into a state of suspended animation and come back in 2030 you wouldn't be able to cope with world reality. The future is always with us, just not in enough volume to be recognized by most.