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 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoeslaterphotography 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/ Madge Syers was a British figure skater. She became the first woman to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1902 by entering what was previously an all-male event and won the silver medal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madge_Syers The 1992 Summer Olympics was the last skeet competition open to both men and women, and the only mixed shooting competition at the Olympics ever won by a woman: Zhang Shan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Mixed_skeet Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an officially registered competitor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathrine_Switzer Megan Rapinoe Discusses Transgender Sports Bans - https://time.com/6188583/megan-rapinoe-equal-pay-title-ix-transgender-sports-bans/ Title IX: Athletes can play amid sexual misconduct inquiries - https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39970530/title-ix-rules-athletes-sexual-misconduct Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted of rape is booed before losing first Olympic match - https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-convicted-rapist-beach-volleyball-b90c5652e620cf355c28b97a36a5566b Swimmer Riley Gaines Admits She's Just Using Sports to Make Trans Rights "Crumble" - https://www.them.us/story/riley-gaines-sports-trans-rights Special thanks to Daisy and Jane for the use of "Sorry Not Sorry" as our show's theme music. Please stop by and show your support at daisyandjane.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/daisyandjane --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Bluesky: @pendantaudio.bsky.social‬