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Caitlyn Jenner, the most influential transgender woman, who is now a new Republican candidate as a governor in the state of California, has spoken about her beliefs on transgender woman and sports. Due to her decision to pursue a new career in the political world, a lot will be heard about her. And her first controversy has began.
The ex-Olympic Games participant has shared in a very open way her opinion towards trans-woman kids being part of female teams in sport competitions. Caitlyn Jenner has a strong opinion that it is an issues of fairness and protecting girls´ sports in schools. Her opinion is so important for the community because before her transition from man to woman, she was known as Bruce Jenner, a person who started his athletic career in Connecticut with sports such as gridiron football, basketball, and athletics and independently took up waterskiing, becoming East Coast all-over champion in 1966, 1969, and 1971.
I didn’t expect to get asked this on my Saturday morning coffee run, but I’m clear about where I stand. It’s an issue of fairness and we need to protect girls’ sports in our schools.https://t.co/YODLDQ3csP
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) May 1, 2021
There is still a huge disagreement towards the topic, because some say that transgender perform better in sports because they have higher levels of testosterone than cisgender woman. Plus, there are studies that suggest that in some sports this might be true, for example, in running competitions transgender woman do out-stand more than cisgender woman, but there is not enough evidence if it is because of the testosterone levels that they have for being biological men. On the other side, there are some studies that explain that once biological men start the transition process, their abilities in certain sports decrease due to the hormonal therapy.
A mixture of opinions, feelings and beliefs have been shared via social media, but most of the comments were negative. People believe that the Republican candidate is an enemy of her own community.
Caitlyn Jenner is no friend of the LGBTQ community. Don't call her an actvist. She's a menace.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) May 2, 2021
The argument that Caitlyn Jenner “knows what she’s talking about” because she used to be an athlete is so stupid it hurts my brain.
— Ida Skibenes ❄️ (@ida_skibenes) May 2, 2021
She was an adult male competing against other adult males. 45 fucking years ago. #LetKidsPlay
Starting out her campaign as I knew she would, MAGA loon Caitlyn Jenner Kardashian agrees with GQP bigots that trans children should be banned from all sports because it’s “not fair.”
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) May 3, 2021
She’s in no way an ally to the LGBTQ community. She’s a horrible, selfish opportunistic fraud.
This is the beginning of a long path. A big number of of US states are considering to ban transgender woman from female teams, according to the LGBT advocacy group, at least 17. For now Mississippi has signed the ban into law in March, although it is expected to face appeals.