Debbie Hayton Debbie Hayton

Biological men shouldn’t be competing against women

Austin Killips (photo: Getty)

When will sporting governing bodies see the reality that we all know to be true – that male bodies have an advantage over female bodies? Granted, many organisations have seen the light and taken action, but others remain in some sort of cloud cuckoo land where transwomen – biological males – are allowed to compete against biological females.  

The latest outrage has happened in the United States. Austin Killips, a 27-year-old transgender cyclist won first prize for women at the Tour of the Gila, the premier road race in New Mexico. Killips is now being tipped to challenge for a place at the Tour de France Femmes and at the Paris Olympics next summer. 

This is wrong. Sport is divided into female and male categories for a reason, and it is not to affirm anyone’s identity. I’ve said this before: women’s sport is not for males who cannot cut it against their own sex.

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Debbie Hayton

Debbie Hayton is a teacher and journalist. Her book, Transsexual Apostate – My Journey Back to Reality is published by Forum

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