“What competes is the body and not sexual identity.” That was one of the most resounding phrases that the panel of experts left this Friday The inclusion of trans people in the female categories: an international vision, in which the interveners defended that transsexuals do not compete with women. The appointment came heated after previously seven associations in defense of the sexual diversity of Tenerife announce that they will leave the LGBTIQ+ Island Roundtable if the council he maintained his support “for the trans-exclusionary debate.”
In the forum, held in the Auditorium within the framework of the III State Congress Women and Sport, the member of the REDIMYD technical team, Marta Antúnez, who spoke from Argentina; Laura Redondo, forensic psychologist; the international consultation Fiona McAnena; the professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Granada Tasia Aranguez, and the player of soccer Izaro Antxia room. From the first of the interventions the defended approach was the same.
drop in sponsorships
Antúnez gave an account of a work carried out from the Ibero-American Network, after which Laura Redondo described the panel as a “act of democratic resistance” after maintaining the Cabildo “a table that has tried to be censored.” The forensic psychologist argued that the participation of transsexuals produces a “disincentive” for women’s sports due to the drop in sponsorships and less recognition for women. In her opinion, she must “safeguard that everyone has equal opportunities.”
“The Cabildo de Tenerife has been very brave,” said Tasia Aranguez, before stating that there is “concern” in the world of women’s sports due to the advantage of transsexuals over women, which reaches up to 60%. Along these lines, she specified that there are other differences in addition to the testosterone level. She even, she came to refer to “gender doping” in relation to the advantage of this group, and maintained that what competes is the body and not sexual identity. He also stopped at the complexity of proving that an athlete is transsexual. “How is it demonstrated? Who pays for the verification tests?” asked the expert.
For her part, Fiona McAnena made a historical tour, and said that more and more people born men are joining female categories. “This is not inclusive. He’s skipping women.” critical. “The only way to achieve equality is to have a female category just for women,” she demanded.
Izaro Antxia described as “nonsense” the trans law “He has demolished everything that was there and left a lot,” he lamented. “A lot of people are making a living out of this; what cannot be is that a law destroys all illusions», he complained in reference to the effort of the women. Although the futsal player was sure that the athletes trans have an advantage, he also advocated that each case be analyzed independently. His was the last of the interventions before a question time –after sending them– which finally ended without conflicts.