I offer some thoughts on how to think about whether including trans women in competitive sport is 'fair.' The IOC Principles of Olympism establish participation in sport as a human right; they also prohibit discrimination in various forms. I suggest that excluding trans women constitutes prima facie discrimination and does NOT meet the standard required to justify such discrimination. I also suggest some ways to think about 'fairness' in sport, and that including trans women in sport is consistent with fair competition. In a future video, I will go into more detail about the physiology of trans athletes as it connects to the fairness question.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWDhU-tgxxU">How to Think About Transgender Athletes in Sport</a> at 0:01, cropped