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‘Without a sex-based category for female athletes, women are quite simply excluded from the top levels of sport.’Great article here from ⁦@BarbaraRKay⁩https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-i-know-a-misogynistic-sports-policy-

The proposal that sports be divided into ‘performance pools’ undermines the very nature of competitive sport.https://twitter.com/terryazoome/status/1319955547391746049 Let’s say I am matched in an boxing competition with a male of the

‘There is no scientific evidence to support World Rugby’s position in exclusion of transwomen from contact rugby’. Here is the evidence cited by the IOC in 2003, when they first

That England Rugby @EnglandRugby have affirmed inclusion of transwomen in female contact rugby, despite the scientific analysis from their governing body @WorldRugby highlighting extreme safety risks, is disappointing but not

Three years ago, the Conservative government launched a consultation on a somewhat esoteric piece of legislation concerning the rights of trans people to alter their birth certificate and legal sex.

Injury risk is a function of size, speed and, perhaps most significantly, strength.https://twitter.com/genderintell/status/1296376000402599937 If one considers only people of typical mass (height, weight), the injury risk of a male on

Unpopular opinion incoming.A matter of months ago, the NHS were advising that puberty blockers were reversible. It is not unreasonable for the average person to take this on authority and

A thread on cervical screening programmes. I teach about population screens. I refer to WHO guidelines on ‘what makes a good screen’, which includes criteria like a clearly-identified demographic, treatments

Which category covers the largest size difference (in orders of magnitude)?1. Objects visible to the naked eye.2. Objects not visible to the naked eye. A quick search suggest this hinges

“At the present time, however, based on the best published scientific evidence, that position [inclusion of transgender women in women's rugby] is unsupported”.Transwomen face potential women’s rugby ban over safety

ActionAid claiming there is no such thing as a biological female. @ActionAidUK https://twitter.com/svphillimore/status/1283391395303231489 In Burundi, does child marriage happen to self-identified girls? In Somalia, is FGM inflicted on sel

Clownfish. Sequential hermaphrodites. How to recognise the female: she makes large gametes. Anglerfish. Extreme dimorphism. How to recognise the female: she makes large gametes. Seahorses. Female fucks around while male