On the Today Inside podcast on Friday night, the gentlemen at the table with expert Roxane Knetemann didn’t stop talking about Austin Killips. Last week, the 28-year-old American cyclist became the first transgender person to win an official competition, and discussion about some regulations regarding gender, sexuality, and gender diversity erupted immediately.
“honey“What are we supposed to do with transgender people in America? It’s a complex issue. I’ve read a lot about it and I still don’t know enough about it. She (Kelps, ed.) is the first to win the game and on At least don’t do anything illegal, because there’s nothing about that in the regulations yet.”
Today’s Insider about transgender cyclist Austin Kelps
Table guest Rutger Castricum called the performance, due to Kelp’s male-to-female transition, a “faking”. Otherwise, it’s a different story. “I don’t think it’s difficult at all,” Castricum said.
Johan Dirksen parlayed the whole affair. “Are you a mediocre cyclist as a man, become a woman and become a champion among women,” de Senor envisions. Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrid Jenney did not think this was a responsible story. “Then you will go far to become a hero, haha!”
Gender diversity in sports
Next, examples of “controversial” athletes from the past – Foekje Dillema and Caster Semenya – are discussed. According to Nittman, everything stands and falls with testosterone value. “I don’t know enough about it and go on smoothly, but if you go through puberty as a man, you are stronger because of it. The Athletics Association has now said that if people go through this stage of life as a man, they are not allowed to participate in competitions as a woman.”
And the UCI cycling federation? “He hasn’t made a decision yet or made any rules,” Knightman concluded. “Now a lot has come between. What are we going to do with that?”
