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A Man Won Gold in Women’s Cycling (Again). When Will We Say ‘No More’?
The Daily Signal ^ | October 23, 2019 | Nicole Russell

Posted on 10/23/2019 5:06:31 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

For the second year in a row, a biological male has won a women’s cycling championship.

Rachel McKinnon, who was born male and identifies as a transgender woman, won the Masters Track Cycling World Championships in the female 35-39 sprint category last weekend in Manchester, England.

The 37-year-old Canadian, who transitioned from male to female around age 29, set a new world best time, beating American Dawn Orwick for the gold.

The win has caused considerable controversy among other female athletes and observers who note the obvious unfairness of a biological male competing against women. McKinnon’s bodily advantages defeat the purpose of sex-segregated sports and nullify the hard work and training of female cyclists.

This isn’t the first time McKinnon has faced criticism. The athlete’s success in the same race last year caused a similar outcry. It’s no wonder a second win, in the same race, has sparked yet another. Women are realizing this isn’t a one-off event, but the beginning of a trend.

According to an interview with VeloNews, McKinnon has always competed with women, meaning no one will ever know for sure how he would have performed against other biological men.

McKinnon has gone so far as to say science doesn’t show testosterone gives men a competitive advantage over women. But that’s simply false.

The International Association of Athletics Federations recently recognized this fact by restricting the testosterone levels allowed for transgender female athletes (that is, biological males competing with women).

Obviously, it has put some stock in the concept that testosterone does boost athletic performance, or it wouldn’t limit it.

Even still, let’s posit testosterone is irrelevant, that it’s not the factor that gives men an unfair advantage over women. There are other physiological differences men enjoy that enable them to achieve physical feats that women can’t.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailysignal.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cycling; lgbt; rachelmckinnon; transgender
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To: pepsi_junkie

41 posted on 10/23/2019 8:17:02 PM PDT by caww
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

East Germany wants their Olympic Gold Medals back.


42 posted on 10/23/2019 8:23:00 PM PDT by hattend
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To: CrazyIvan

The Feminist/Trans/LGBTQWERTY movement brought this on themselves.

They are the people who keep insisting that there are no differences between the genders, this is what happens when you convince enough people that there are no significant physiological differences between MEN and WOMEN.

Same goes for Women in combat, I really don’t think some 105 pound woman could have carried my 190 pound UNCONSCIOUS carcass off the battle field, under fire!


43 posted on 10/23/2019 10:20:47 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: stormhill

What about women who are not feminists, who simply want opportunity to pursue their passion and compete?


44 posted on 10/23/2019 10:32:14 PM PDT by Freedom56v2
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To: Taxman

Male genitalia can be removed surgically on those born male.

Female genitalia can be altered surgically on those born female.

The only way to tell for sure is genetics; XX means your a real Female, XY means your a real Male.

Anything that’s scrambled is not even human!


45 posted on 10/23/2019 10:34:52 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Handicapped individuals have special games. The gender challenged should have games of their own too.


46 posted on 10/23/2019 10:43:22 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: dp0622

Your still a kid, but even at your young, naive age you should know better than to hit a GIRL.

Good part about it is you could probably whip the snot out of even the heavyweights.

WHERE DO I PLACE MY BETS!

(and i don’t want you sending me to Vinny the Bookie, who has Guido the legbreaker on the payroll).

bet you thought I forgot you were an ITALIANO boxer, didn’t you.
(snicker-snicker)


47 posted on 10/23/2019 10:44:20 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Freedom56v2

My advice to those women would be to GET VERY LOUD AND VOCAL about it.

Let the sponsors know you are pissed off and refuse to compete against MEN PRETENDING TO BE WOMEN.

If enough REAL FEMALE athletes refuse to participate in these travesties and phony competitions, the sponsors will be forced into a genetic test to determine the actual sex of the participants.


48 posted on 10/23/2019 10:53:12 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A “man” won Canada’s election too. Coincidence?


49 posted on 10/23/2019 10:54:59 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Remember to focus this on WHY they do this.
They hate males and FEMALES!
50 posted on 10/23/2019 11:21:16 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
All things considered, now much $$$ is at stake here? What are the financial incentives for mediocre male athletes to identify as female?
51 posted on 10/24/2019 12:00:07 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Here is he/she/it/whatever


52 posted on 10/24/2019 12:03:38 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: libertylover

More trophies!


53 posted on 10/24/2019 12:22:04 AM PDT by Does so (.Democrats only believe in democracy when they win the election...)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The answer is never. Most women vote democrat and democrats put in place the education system and rules that allow men to take over women’s sports. These women must now live with the disaster they have created.

democrat women are a core reason our society is as broken as it is. Feminism is also a root cause to societal rot.

JoMa


54 posted on 10/24/2019 1:40:07 AM PDT by joma89
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To: 5th MEB

“The Feminist/Trans/LGBTQWERTY movement brought this on themselves.”

The irony in this case is that my cousin’s wife is a devout Christian black woman who believes none of the progressive garbage. She was raised to achieve on her own through hard work and dedication. Same with her brother, an Annapolis graduate.


55 posted on 10/24/2019 7:30:29 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (The Democrat party. A collaboration of Cloward-Piven and Dunning-Kruger.)
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To: SaveFerris

“That’s a man, baby!”

“She looka lika man!”


56 posted on 10/24/2019 10:33:31 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
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To: 5th MEB

I fully realize that surgical procedures can be performed, and that genetics tells the real story.

I just don’t believe that these “men pretending to be women” have the intestinal fortitude to get their tallywhacker whacked off.

They want the notoriety and then once the furor has died down, they go back to being males.

Of course, genetic testing is what should be the marker.

And, so should pshrink testing!


57 posted on 10/24/2019 12:09:03 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: Right-wing Librarian

LOL!


58 posted on 10/24/2019 12:09:43 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks




Looks like Barack's kind of woMAN...
59 posted on 10/24/2019 12:12:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“When will we say no more?”?

When Christ returns and sets up His millennial kingdom. And HE will say “NO MORE”.


60 posted on 10/24/2019 12:18:51 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON. I'M AN ANTI DEMITE. forked tongue.)
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