British Prime Minister Says ‘Biological Males Should Not Be Competing In Female Sporting Events’ – OutKick

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has drawn a line within the sand with regards to transgender athletes collaborating in sports activities.

Johnson stated Wednesday that “biological males should not be competing in female sporting events,” per Sky News. Johnson added that “it just seems to me to be sensible.”

It’s been a sizzling matter of dialog within the United Kingdom recently, after transgender bicycle owner Emily Bridges was barred from competing within the girls’s occasion on the British National Omnium Championships final week.

Bridges, a 21-year-old organic male, set a nationwide junior males’s document over 25 miles in 2018. Bridges started to endure hormone remedy final 12 months to scale back testosterone ranges.

On this facet of the pond, Penn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has been scrutinized for collaborating in feminine sports activities. Thomas, a organic male like Bridges, shined on the Division I nationwide championships final month, profitable the 500-yard freestyle occasion.

But whereas Johnson is adamant that organic males shouldn’t compete in feminine sports activities, he stated that he’s sympathetic in the direction of those that wish to change their gender.

“I also happen to think that women should have spaces – whether it is in hospitals or prisons or changing rooms or wherever – which are dedicated to women,” Johnson stated. “That doesn’t mean that I am not immensely sympathetic to people that want to change gender, to transition and it is vital that we give people the maximum possible love and support in making those decisions.”

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