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  • 'My birth certificate says I'm female': Trans cyclist defends her win after 3rd place [tr]

    10/21/2018 7:23:41 AM PDT · by C19fan · 76 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | October 20, 2018 | Maxine Shen and Leah Simpson
    The trans woman UCI Masters Track World Championship cycling gold medalist is defending her win against criticism that it's unfair for her to have competed against cisgender females. Rachel McKinnon, 36, an assistant professor of philosophy at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, scooped up the top prize during the October 14 race, besting cis females Carolien van Herrikhuyzen and Jen Wagner-Assali, who took silver and bronze, respectively. The day after McKinnon's win, Wagner-Assali stirred up controversy when she replied to a tweet about the race with her own tweet suggesting that McKinnon was not deserving of winning the...