I am writing today to express my disappointment in your recent remarks to Charlie Kirk about the participation of transgender athletes in women’s sports, specifically your characterization of such participation as “deeply unfair.” I think the question of when and how to allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports is a complex and nuanced one, and I do not believe that it is unreasonable or transphobic to ask questions about it. Women’s sports exist because of fundamental biological differences between the sexes that would make fully open competition in most sports deeply unequal, and it is reasonable to ask how this can be preserved without questioning the gender identity of trans people. Unfortunately, your remarks as reported, especially in the context of having made them to a conservative talk show host, can be interpreted as an unequivocal acceptance of the far-right, transphobic position that trans women are not, in fact, women. I would ask you to clarify your remarks and advocate for a more nuanced discussion of this issue that fundamentally respects both the biological and gender-identity diversity of all people.
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