( Observer Network News) According to a report by the US media " New York Post " on the 27th, a 29-year-old transgender woman defeated a 13-year-old girl in a skateboarding competition in New York City. , won the championship, reigniting the debate over the fairness of transgender participation in women's sports.
"New York Post": In the New York City women's skateboard competition, a transgender skater defeated a 13-year-old girl
On June 25, local time, the street skateboarding competition Boardr Open was held in New York City. Lizzie Te from Los Angeles, California Ricci Tres took first place in the women's finals and won a $500 prize.
However, according to the New York Post, the women’s champion is actually a transgender woman, now 29 years old. Compared with her, the runner-up in the women's group was Shiloh Catori, a 13-year-old girl from , Florida. In the global rankings compiled by Boardr, Lizzy ranks 838th, while Katori ranks 133rd.
Champion Lizzie Tres (left) and runner-up Shiloh Catori (right)
According to the British " Daily Mail " report on the 27th, Tres served in the U.S. Navy before transitioning to a woman. 4 years and have 3 children with his ex-wife. As of last year, they were still living together in Los Angeles and raising their children together.
Tres revealed in an interview last year that her three children called her "mom" and said she was "beautiful." Tres said at the time that she liked to be pretty and cute, "I love the female body. I think it's a work of art."
"I know I will never be a woman because women are amazing, they have children , create life, do all these amazing things. I will never have that ability, but I feel like I was born that way, so I fill that image for myself as much as possible."
Lizzie Tres served in the U.S. Navy
According to reports, it is unclear when Tres began taking hormones, but according to her, her gender transition was limited to hormone therapy.
"My doctor asked me how I was feeling and if I needed to increase my dose. (But) I was content. I was very happy with where I was. It wasn't until something like an Olympics standard happened that I had to rethink what I was going to do."
What Tres refers to as an "Olympic standard incident" is that in order to qualify for the Olympics, Tres tried to compete in the U.S. Women's Street Skateboarding National Championships, but she was denied entry due to high testosterone. "Daily Mail" stated that although Tres took hormones to suppress testosterone, she still had too much testosterone in her body to meet the International Olympic Committee standards.
In this regard, Tres believes that testosterone levels should not be a criterion for whether a transgender athlete can compete. She said transgender athletes should not take more hormones to meet such requirements because it would "damage" their bodies.
"You can't ask an elite professional athlete to compromise his health," Tres said. "I've explained that transition is an enlightenment of consciousness and has nothing to do with your testosterone levels. It's a decision and a feeling. The problem is that you finally decided to be yourself."
On the afternoon of the 27th, Lizzy Tres also uploaded a video telling fans not to feel pressured by other people's comments and to ignore hostility.
However, others obviously There are different views. According to the New York Post, Trace’s victory on the 25th triggered the anger of many people on social media. They criticized the Boardr Open for allowing this man, who was born male and has biological advantages, to be with a group of girls. competition.
People including skateboarder Taylor Silverman have said it's unfair that female athletes now have to compete against transgender women who, as men, are taller and stronger than them. of. Silverman wrote dissatisfiedly on Instagram on the 25th: "At the New York Boardr Open hosted by DC today, men won the women's finals and prize money. It seems that my experience is not unique in the skateboarding world."
Previously, Silverman, who has been skateboarding for 11 years, complained on social media that she had lost to transgender opponents twice, once at the "Cornerstone" hosted by Red Bull Group in May this year. During the competition, Silverman placed second and missed out on the $5,000 prize. In the post posted by
on May 17, Silverman directly stated: "I should have won first place and been recognized. Get a bonus. I asked Red Bull for help but was ignored. I'm tired of being forced into silence. ”
In addition to criticizing Tres for being unfair in the women’s competition, some people also questioned Tres competing with players who were much smaller than her. For example, Christina Pushot, spokesperson for Florida Governor DeSantis (Christina Pushaw) asked on Twitter on the 26th: “Why do 28-29 year olds have to compete with children? ”
According to the information released by the Boardr Open competition, the competition is open to people of all ages. However, 4 of the 6 finalists are under the age of 17, the youngest is 10-year-old Juri Iikura ), she finished in fifth place. At 29, Tres was the oldest contestant. Four of the six finalists in the Boardr Open were aged 10-17, with the youngest contestant in fifth place.
Regarding the controversy surrounding this skateboarding competition, the New York Post stated that this is actually a broader national discussion, that is, whether "male-to-female" transgender athletes have unfair competition than biological women. Advantage. The controversy came to a head in March when University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas became the first transgender athlete to win a women's NCAA swimming championship. On June 19, FINA announced a new "gender inclusion policy" that only allowed swimmers who transitioned before the age of 12 to participate in women's events, effectively restricting transgender women from participating in women's events.
At that time, A spokesman for FINA President Hussein Al-Moussallam explained that this was not to encourage people to start transitioning before the age of 12, but that if athletes transitioned after the onset of puberty, "you have an advantage, which is unfair." ". Musallam also stated in a statement that this new policy aims to protect "competitive fairness", especially for FINA women's events.
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