Of course, 'this woman's work, this woman's world', as
Kate Bush
toned it, also takes a lot of courage when the challenge in focus is of the nature that Nancy and many other women have been dealing with.
Here's Nancy's recent call on an Olympic net platform to be clear and accurate in the use of language used on an article s about trans inclusion:
#Journalists! Learn to write clearly: Gender identity is irrelevant sports. The issue is MEN in WOMEN’s sports.
— on Jan 28th France will decide whether the French Athletics Federation discriminated against a male sprinter from competing in women’s events.
- According to French law, this male is legally female.
- According to World Athletics, he is ineligible to compete in women’s events, regardless of his legal status.
— The 22y/o sprinter, is one of the fastest “women” runners in France, accused the FAA of discrimination and moral harassment.
— Said the man trying to compete in Womens events about the legal proceeding: “It was extremely harsh; I had to do a lot of explaining; there is a lack of understanding on essential subjects,” Diouf said afterwards, visibly affected by his own plight.
— World Athletics regulations have excluded men who have undergone male puberty from women’s competitions, regardless of hormone levels, since 2023.
— The man said the World Athletics regulations shouldn’t apply to HIM, his process and his response to drugs.
— But the judges weren’t buying it. One maintained that scientific studies showed that Diouf’s transgender status gave him an advantage over his female rivals.
— Jean Boudot, the athletes’ lawyer, was told to leave the courtroom if he disagreed with how the hearing was being conducted, an episode the lawyer later described as ‘totally surreal’.
— The male athlete accused the FAA engaging in “psychological harassment” when he received emails about track meets his times qualified for under female standards, only to be told later that he was ineligible. The FAA replied that the emails were generated by an automated system, that they weren’t designed to harass Him.
— The FAA lawyer, Julien Bérenger: “Inclusion cannot be achieved at any cost,” - to WOMEN, aligning himself with World Athletics’ stance and the defence of competitive fairness FOR WOMEN.
- The male athlete wants individual assessments of advantage, and cites French law allowing him be considered a woman, and therefore to compete against women.
— How will this conflict of laws turn out?
