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The topic of Trans Rights in Sports has been highly debated over the past few years. To InsertContext into this highly nuanced issue, I spoke with my high school track and field coach, Steve Nelson for his perspective. As a coach and a mentor to a number of highly successful female athletes, Steve wants what every coach wants for their athlete, the opportunity to achieve success in competition against their peers.
Why Episode 7.5? I just felt like this topic needed its own space. While I do have my opinions on the matter, I look forward to continuing the conversation with representatives from both sides of the conversation.
What do you think?
Share with a transgender athlete that might have an opinion on the matter?
If you haven’t listened to the rest of my conversation with Coach Nelson on Episode 7, we discuss his success identifying and developing young athletes that went on to do big things.
Check it out Episode 7 Here:
https://apple.co/3hu3asv
https://spoti.fi/3hEEkX3
Mentions/Notable/Outspoken Athletes in the conversation about Trans Athletes' participation in sports
@MeganRapinoe
@FallonFox
@ReneeRichards
@PauloCosta
@RondaRousey
@CaetlynJenner
@BeccaLongo
@CasterSemenya
@LaurelHubbard
@MartinaNavratilova, who came out as a lesbian in 1981 and is a longtime gay-rights activist. She now stands accused of being “transphobic” after asserting that many transgender women — even if they’ve undergone hormone treatment — have an unfair advantage over other female competitors.
A few athletes in the spotlight that have spoken out, opposing the participation of trans athletes in sports, includes
- Rhonda Rousey
- Recently Paulo Acosta
- Martina Navratilova
Paulo Costa (UFC) re: Fallon Fox
He was born a man, and he is a man, even though he calls himself a transsexual,” Costa said. “It’s absurd cowardice, not only by him but also by the promoters of any event that has accepted this kind of absurdity. He has simply annihilated the girls who have fought against him. They were slaughtered, they put their lives at risk, they put their physical integrity at risk. I don’t want to get into [the personal aspect] of his choice, to be transsexual or not, homosexual or not. What happens here is that a man is fighting against girls, against women, as if he were one. This is absurd, and it can’t be accepted.
Links
https://ctmirror.org/2019/07/22/transgender-issues-polarizes-womens-advocates-a-conundrum/
@BeccaLongo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becca_Longo
@CasterSemenya - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caster_Semenya
@LaurelHubbard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Hubbard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_people_in_sports
