Can We Include Trans Athletes? — Transcript

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1. 0:00why do i have to compete against
2. 0:03a male body a few days ago i released
3. 0:06this video about
4. 0:08transgender athletes competing and
5. 0:10dominating the competition
6. 0:12i don't think that's fair even with
7. 0:15hormone therapy
8. 0:16but still i want an inclusive society
9. 0:19trans people just want to live normal
10. 0:22lives like everyone else
11. 0:23trans athlete joanna harper points out
12. 0:25that normal lives include
13. 0:27athletic competition trans people should
14. 0:29be allowed
15. 0:30to experience sports harper's a
16. 0:32scientist who's
17. 0:34studied how transgender athletes lose
18. 0:36strength with hormone therapy
19. 0:38but there may need to be more than
20. 0:41simply the requirement for hormone
21. 0:43therapy
22. 0:44she points to sports like weightlifting
23. 0:47let's say that we do get more data
24. 0:50rather than have a straight up
25. 0:52competition we handicap the trans women
26. 0:54in some way
27. 0:56how she has to stand on one foot or you
28. 0:58throw
29. 0:59water on her while she no you you
30. 1:01subtract
31. 1:0210 from the weight that she lifts
32. 1:06i threw that argument at this bike racer
33. 1:09who lost to this trans woman
34. 1:11handicapped trans swimming in some way i
35. 1:13don't buy that at all
36. 1:15you're mudding the water even further on
37. 1:17the other hand
38. 1:18maybe a different podium
39. 1:21a different division but there aren't
40. 1:24that many trans
41. 1:25women so it wouldn't be much of a
42. 1:27division well there weren't that many
43. 1:29women playing back in the 70s either
44. 1:31it just takes time and more
45. 1:33experimentation and maybe someday the
46. 1:35world will figure out a way to let
47. 1:37everyone compete fairly
48. 1:43[Music]
49. 1:56you