Article 6CSCP Now more than ever, cis female athletes must show solidarity with trans athletes

Now more than ever, cis female athletes must show solidarity with trans athletes

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Johanna Mellis
from US news | The Guardian on (#6CSCP)

Anti-trans activists want us to believe that transgender female athletes pose the gravest danger to cis girls' and women's bodies, success and scholarships. They couldn't be more wrong

Kathryn Bromwich argued that the main threat to us cisgender women comes from cisgender men, and not trans women. It is the same in sport: historically and currently, the common perpetrators of sexual assault, abuse and harassment in sport are cisgender men. They also tend to be heterosexual and white. They hold nearly all the levers of power in sport by leading international and national sport organizations and governing bodies, the NCAA, pro leagues, coaching staffs, mainstream sports media and more.

They give themselves near-unfettered access to use and abuse athletes of all genders. They face almost no accountability as they seem to purposefully leave SafeSport in the US, for example, understaffed and powerless in countless ways.

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