Trans Sports 2: Science and Bigotry

So what does the science say about trans people and sports? You're not gonna believe this (yes you will), but it's entirely on the side of... trans people. So are elite cis women athletes. So what's the reason behind this push to keep trans women out of women's sports? Bigotry! And yes, we have proof (they've actually admitted it). Also a whole lot of sexism and the belief cis men are simply the best at everything and get super mad when they're not (there's proof of this too). Zoe Aurora Slater, former trainer of competing powerlifters and bodybuilders, returns to discuss the physics of photography and straight hesitancy. Be open to finding yourself along the way, friends. And fight for trans people's rights to compete in sports with our true genders!

ZOE AURORA SLATER

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TEXT VERSION

https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/09/09/trans-sports-2-science-and-bigotry/

FURTHER READING

(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)

Trans Sports 1: Origins and "Advantages," Trans Politics 1-2, The Erasure of Trans Men, The False Dichotomy

REFERENCE MATERIAL

They're lying to you about transgender women and girls in sports - https://ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports/2025/03/13/transgender-lgbtq-rights-women-sports-ncaa-debate-trump-tuberville-lies/82331359007/

This study on trans women's athletic disadvantages ought to change the debate - https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/olympic-trans-women-ioc-study-rcna148437

U.S. Olympic officials ban transgender women from women's events - https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/45798587/us-olympic-officials-ban-transgender-women-women-events

Why There Are No Trans Women Competing at the Paris Games - https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trans-athletes-paris-olympics/

Transgender sportswomen ‘at a disadvantage’ study claims - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2024/04/11/transgender-sportswomen-at-a-disadvantage-study-claims/

Transgender Athletes Could Be At A Physical Disadvantage, New Research Shows - https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseyedarvin/2024/04/25/transgender-athletes-could-be-at-a-physical-disadvantage-new-research-shows/

Body composition, exercise-related performance parameters and associated health factors of transgender women, cisgender women and cisgender men volleyball players - https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/15/1073

The sports where women outperform men - https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240731-the-sports-where-women-outperform-men

The Woman Who (Maybe) Struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-woman-who-maybe-struck-out-babe-ruth-and-lou-gehrig-4759182/