That is half the battle, yes, though I don’t think anyone expects a woman to make it in men’s sports, so Nikki running as a woman isn’t much of a thing. The other half of the battle is getting people to admit you can’t actually change your sex (gender, whatever word you want to use) and that non-binary isn’t actually a real thing.
I'm speaking as someone who passionately believes that cis women should have their own category in sports and cis women competing against trans women or DSD women is unfair.
With that being said the above comment is weird, and crazy. Why do you care so much how people identify? The truth is that transgender people have always existed in society and you have to admit that the lengths trans people go (extensive surgery, getting outcast, losing family/friends, potentially fired from jobs etc.) really prove that trans isn't some "trend" or "fad", it's real and people are really trans. I think Non binary is a little odd. But I am also not bothered that people want to identify this way. I'm not in their heads. It doesn't really affect me if people want to identify as non binary or go by they/them, I say to each their own.
Setting rules to make sure things are fair, and safe for all are important, but going out of your way to control how people think, what they believe, or who they can be in their own lives is ridiculous and an overstep. I went to high school a while back (late 90s early 00s). Back then gay and lesbian people were treated with the same sort of vitriol that we're seeing with trans/non binary people today.
"They just want attention!"
"I'm not homophobic or anything BUT."
"It's just a trend."
"Why is everyone GAY suddenly!?"
Every single person who was gay in high school is gay today. And there are more who followed thereafter. This is what happens in an accepting society.
Two things can be true at once. Gender dysphoria can be real, but the wave of young people identifying as transgender can also largely be just a fad.
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This person admits not being an XX woman. Therefore this person should NOT still be competing in women's events. World Athletics needs to get off their duffs and put a stop to things like this from happening.
Nikki has spoken about wanting to receive gender affirming care in the past, so this is not new.
I think Nikki has always been evidence that the non-binary/trans demands in sports are a bit dramatic and over the top.
Many trans/NB people have insisted that it is a humanitarian issue to force someone to compete outside of their preferred gender. But Nikki is perfectly happy competing with women (not their gender). Nikki is also perfectly happy to delay gender affirming care until their career is over. I thought gender affirming care was also a life or death issue?
I'm fine with Nikki identifying how they want and I am fine with them competing against women as long as they don't take testosterone. But Nikki is proof positive of how arbitrary and superficial it all is. So maybe we shouldn't be sacrificing integrity of sports competitions for all this? Just because someone says its life or death doesn't mean it is.
So how does it work? Some days she will run in the men category and other days in the women category depending on how she feels that day?
I am not joking here, it’s a serious question.
I have a good feeling that her "female" days are going to conveniently fall on the days she races.
I think Hiltz raced 30 times since then. All int he women's category. Assuming Hiltz splits time evenly between both genders (the so-called lived experience) that'd be 1/2^30 = 9.3*10^-12% odds. Racing in the women's 2 mile again tomorrow.
No one cares about her pronouns and this whole mess is just her adding more controversy to a sport that doesn’t need any more controversy. She’s XX and runs in races with other XX females. No one cares about her personal life off of the track or how she feels that day. Why should we?
I have a good feeling that her "female" days are going to conveniently fall on the days she races.
I think Hiltz raced 30 times since then. All int he women's category. Assuming Hiltz splits time evenly between both genders (the so-called lived experience) that'd be 1/2^30 = 9.3*10^-12% odds. Racing in the women's 2 mile again tomorrow.
I've always felt her framing of the binary (that she isn't part of or whatever) as "powerful queen" vs "regular dude" is blatant proof she's a standard feminist woman--they almost always talk about women in high-sounding terms while describing men as mediocre. I'm also certain that if she came along in any earlier era, she'd be just that, a short-haired feminist woman athlete. I hope sciences comes up with a proper treatment for whatever people like her feel inside that makes them uncomfortable with themselves as they are, or if she's among the trendy frauds, I hope something else comes along soon.