Read more DiscriminationArticle reserved for subscribersLGBT +fileIn the absence of common legislation for all world federations, the presence of trans women is unequal depending on the discipline. A discriminatory and politicized situation that many athletes are victims of a little less than a year before the Paris Olympic Games. by Romain Métairie and Sascha Garciapublished on May 18, 2023 at 19:49 p.m.On May 1, cyclist Austin Killips, 27, won the Tour de Gila after five days of racing in the mountains of New Mexico. Although the competition is relatively confidential, it is a double victory for the American: for the first time in the history of cycling, a transgender rider wins an international women's stage race. The symbolism is strong and the cyclist is within the rules. Austin Killips is a woman. She has completed her transition and presented a testosterone level in line with that set by the UCI, the international cycling federation, to compete in the women's category. Despite everything, part of the peloton is brooding. Austin Killips finds herself accused of "killing women's cycling." A familiar refrain. And complex since the debate on transgender athletes, in particular women assigned male at birth, stirs up questions of bioethics, human rights, gender identity and sporting fairness. And in the absence of an international scientific consensus on the issue, accusations of "cheating" start up again with each notable performance, with detractors denouncing a supposed biological advantage of trans athletes over their cisgender competitors - whose gender identity matches the gender assigned at birth. In recent months, these postures refLGBT +Paris 2024 OlympicsAmélie Oudéa-CastéraAthleticsSwimming
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In the absence of common legislation for all world federations, the presence of trans women is unequal depending on the discipline. A discriminatory and politicized situation that many athletes are victims of just under a year before the Paris Olympic Games.
by Romain Metairie et Sascha Garcia
published on May 18, 2023 at 19:49 p.m.
On May 1, 27-year-old cyclist Austin Killips won the Tour de Gila after five days of racing in the mountains of New Mexico. Although the competition was relatively confidential, it was a double victory for the American: for the first time in the history of cycling, a transgender rider won an international women's stage race. The symbolism was strong and the cyclist was within the rules. Austin Killips is a woman. She had completed her transition and had a testosterone level that met the UCI, the international cycling federation, requirements to compete in the women's category.
Despite everything, part of the peloton is ruminating. Austin Killips finds herself accused of "killing women's cycling". A well-known refrain. And complex since the debate on transgender athletes, particularly women assigned male at birth, stirs up questions of bioethics, human rights, gender identity and sporting fairness. And in the absence of an international scientific consensus on the issue, accusations of "cheating" start up again with each notable performance, with detractors denouncing a supposed biological advantage of trans athletes over their cisgender competitors - whose gender identity matches the gender assigned at birth.
In recent months, these postures have re
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