"I can't even believe that they're calling it this because it has nothing to do with protecting women. I feel like two people, who played at the very highest level for every competition that you possibly could, don't agree with this and never felt like this was an issue at all."
"We already know that biology, as much as we want it to be just nice and clean and tight and perfectly in one category and another, it's not. So, now what we're doing is subjecting everybody, all women and all people who are identifying as women to this really invasive testing."
"They sort of lost the battle on gay marriage and lost the battle on all these things so it's just like, 'We're gonna have this whole campaign for all these years to just hate trans people,' which is such a small percentage of the population."
"This will ultimately just prevent people from competing within the women's category that they feel like they have an unfair advantage."
Megan Rapinoe condemned the IOC's decision to ban trans women from women's Olympic events, labeling it as 'horrible.' She criticized the ban's title, stating it does not protect women. Rapinoe emphasized the complexity of biology and the invasive testing imposed on women and trans individuals. She compared the ban to historical attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, suggesting it reflects a campaign against trans people. Rapinoe also challenged the IOC's claim that the ban is scientifically justified, arguing it unfairly excludes certain individuals from competition.
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