Hope I didn’t come across as contradicting this stance in any way - the author of this tweet thread is one of the most famous trans female athletes and has obviously done a ton of work for trans women’s right to compete in sports. I thought it was pretty interesting! But I understand discussions about trans people in sports are fraught and even in seemingly supportive spaces it tends to bring so-called “gender essentialists.” My hope was that some of the points in this thread would attack such arguments on a VERY fundamental level.