Boston, other marathons say trans women can compete as women

AP ^ | April 8, 2018 | COLLIN BINKLEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS

[PROCON]

In 1967, a Boston Marathon official nearly dragged a woman off the course after she managed to enter the men's-only race. Five decades later, race officials aren't as concerned about gender boundaries: They're now publicly acknowledging that transgender runners can compete using the gender they identify with.

"We take people at their word. We register people as they specify themselves to be," said Tom Grilk, chief of the Boston Athletic Association, the group behind the race. "Members of the LGBT community have had a lot to deal with over the years, and we'd rather not add to that burden."

[Salamander]

Yep.

You covered it.

[Gay State Conservative]

...because as I understand it, winning marathons is BIG in Africa, for the runners and their families but also for national pride.

IIRC correctly the winners of the Boston Marathon get $100K (or more) and I also seem to recall something about a Mercedes as well.And having traveled rather extensively in East Africa I can assure you that a net worth of $50,000 (US Dollars),after taxes,of course,would make a Kenyan,Tanzanian or Ethiopian among the richest people in his/her homeland.

[Wuli]

If I was a real woman with a good running history, I’d not enter the marathons that were going to allow pretend women to run against me.

[Blogatron]

[faithhopecharity]

Ha! The marathon sponsors display utter contempt for women, they’re as sick as they’re “tranny” men runners )