FINA Finds The Courage To Save Women’s Swimming

No major sport has had officials brave enough to tackle the divisive issue of transgender participation — until now.

Swimming's world governing body (FINA) has voted to effectively ban transgender athletes from competing in women's elite races.

The new policy requires transgender competitors to have completed their transition by the age of 12 in order to be able to compete in women's competitions.

A statement from FINA said that male-to-female transgender athletes will be eligible to compete only if "they can establish to FINA's comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 (of puberty) or before age 12, whichever is later".

[Source:  SkyNews]

Nearly 72% voted for the ban!

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Lia Thomas became the first transgender NCAA champion in Division 1 history

FINA will explore creating an Open Category for Transwomen (biological males).

Athlete Ally, an LGBTQ athletic advocacy group, responded to the announcement and said the eligibility criteria is "discriminatory".

They posted on Twitter: "[It] is discriminatory, harmful, unscientific and not in line with the 2021 IOC principles. If we truly want to protect women's sports, we must include all women."

[Source: SkyNews]

Finally, some sanity on behalf of women competitive swimmers. Hopefully other sports will find the courage too. Australian Rules Football, your turn!


Hannah Mouncey, who transitioned at age 26, is 6ft 2 in and weighs 220lb. Mouncey is a biological male but participates in a female Australian Rules Football league and pulverizes female players on the field. A picture is worth more than words.

Hannah Mouncey, playing at VFLW level, says she is planning legal action against the AFL in order to play local footy in Canberra. (AAP Image/James Ross)
Hannah Mouncey, playing at VFLW level, says she is planning legal action against the AFL in order to play local footy in Canberra. (AAP Image/James Ross)Source: News Corp Australia

Is this fair? Or is there an intrinsic injustice of pitting one sort of sexed body against another very different sort?

I’m with the real girls on this one. And against the body deniers among us.

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Politicians Refuse to Define ‘Woman’ or ‘Trans’

From the same “evidence” session of my last post. Scottish Politicians simply won’t define key categories or admit to their “circular” reasoning.

The consequences of extending a Gender Recognition Certificate to anyone who simply says they are Trans (self-ID) without any clinical diagnosis of Gender-Dysphoria or any period of time in which they have taken cross-sex hormones or sought gender reassignment surgery is to allow biological males with penises to access female spaces, whether in sport or in spa showers.

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Please see this post about a real world consequence: Female Inmate Speaks Out About Male Transfers.

Gender Ideology says only our internal feelings matter. Biology doesn’t. The BODY is an ‘immaterial’ legal consideration.

Is this the world we want to live in?

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Love Refuses to Affirm Confusion

Women Are Entitled To Male Free Spaces

When did this become a necessary thing to say?

From today’s evidence session for the Scottish reconsideration of the Gender Recognition Act (2004), a reconsideration that would allow “self-ID” to be the only relevant fact before extending a Gender Recognition Certificate to those identifying as Transgender.

Please see this post for more info on the GRA 2004 and “self-ID”

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