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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Mar 2019

      Health Nerd Retweeted The Guardian

      If you need any evidence that the debate about trans people in sport has nothing to do with facts, have a look at the replies to this entirely factually accurate piecehttps://twitter.com/guardian/status/1103237681381892096 …

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      Stop talking about testosterone – there’s no such thing as a ‘true sex’ | Katrina Karkazis https://trib.al/ZmxgWK9 
      1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
    2. Amanda‏ @Jackstarbright 6 Mar 2019
      Replying to @GidMK

      If is factually accurate (and I’ll take your word it is) then doesn’t it undermine the whole argument for a separate category for women’s sport?

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Mar 2019
      Replying to @Jackstarbright

      No, merely the criteria by which we make those distinctions

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    4. Amanda‏ @Jackstarbright 6 Mar 2019
      Replying to @GidMK

      So there are some usable criteria? That wasn’t clear to me from my reading of the piece.

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Mar 2019
      Replying to @Jackstarbright

      Not necessarily, but the main point is that all of the criteria we've tried so far have been useless. There may be a better delineator, but no one has identified it yet

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    6. Amanda‏ @Jackstarbright 6 Mar 2019
      Replying to @GidMK

      As I said. With no clear, currently available delineator - women’s sports as a protected category will be on shaky ground. Which I suspect may be the real issue here and why sports women are getting so upset.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Mar 2019
      Replying to @Jackstarbright

      Except that doesn't seem to have happened in any sports so far. The Olympics started letting trans athletes participate in 2004 and had no specific regulation for intersex women for much of the last decade and yet none of the calamities have come to pass

      2:25 PM - 6 Mar 2019
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        2. Amanda‏ @Jackstarbright 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @GidMK

          That these born-male’s can’t beat elite women athletes actually further undermines the case for women’s sport as a separate category. And maybe that is fine and the distinction between women & men had been overstated. 🤷‍♀️ I’m no scientist. Interesting times.

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 Mar 2019
          Replying to @Jackstarbright

          There are definitely those who argue that splitting sport by gender/sex makes no scientific sense, but I don't think that's what this particular article is about. That's a more complex social issue than the scientific question of testosterone I think!

          0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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        1. Amanda‏ @Jackstarbright 8 Mar 2019
          Replying to @GidMK

          Although: “Until 2016, the IOC required male athletes who wished to compete among females to undergo sex-reassignment surgery. Under the new rules, they need only declare themselves women [with].. testosterone level..below a certain point for a year” https://unherd.com/2019/03/trans-athletes-make-a-mockery-of-womens-sports/ …

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