Trans Woman Wins the 2018 UCI Masters Track Cycling World Championships
A transgender woman has become to the first to win a world championship in cycling, reports RT.
Rachel McKinnonwon gold at the 2018 UCI Masters Track Cycling World Championships over the weekend, sparking media backlash in the process.
Many people have accused her of having an unfair advantage, although McKinnon has been quick to point out on twitter that being trans actually has its disadvantages. As a trans athlete she is required to have a low testosterone level: “I’m still forced to have an unhealthily low endogenous testosterone value… it’s virtually undetectable it’s so low… way below the average for women…”
“We’re disproportionately NOT GREAT at sport. We’re grossly underrepresented in elite sport,” she added.
Responding to a tweet that said: “Those poor silver and bronze women that were robbed of higher medals… and they had to smile and pretend it was a fair sport.”
McKinnon said: “Or maybe they actually think it’s fair (2nd place is a friend). Don’t objectify and use other women for your bigotry.
“I train 15-20hrs/week, twice/day 5-6 days/week. Yeah…I just jumped off the couch and won. Transphobic bigots, y’all.”
McKinnon is also an assistant professor in the department of philosophy at South Carolina’s College of Charleston.
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