I can’t use the word ‘ridiculous’ enough in this post to describe how ridiculous it is for a man to be allowed to be compete in Women’s cycling.
DAILY CALLER – But that’s exactly what happened this weekend when a transgender woman (translate: biological male) won the World’s Cycling Championship in Women’s Cycling.
A biological male who identifies as a transgender woman won a women’s world championship cycling event on Sunday.
Rachel McKinnon, a professor at the College of Charleston, won the women’s sprint 35-39 age bracket at the 2018 UCI Masters Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles.
McKinnon, representing Canada, bested Carolien Van Herrikhuyzen of the Netherlands and American cyclist Jennifer Wagner to take home the gold.
McKinnon celebrated the victory on Twitter, writing: “First transgender woman world champion…ever.”
Here’s the tweet:
First transgender woman world champion…ever.*
UCI Masters Track Cycling Women 35-44 Sprint@outsports @TheAdvocateMag @CofC @PinkNews @TheChrisMosier @BicyclingMag @velonews @gcntweet @glaad @TransMediaWatch @TransEquality @TransgenderNews @equalitynetwork pic.twitter.com/SD0HuS1Crv
— Dr. Rachel McKinnon (@rachelvmckinnon) October 14, 2018
Look how much bigger he is than the two women on stage. Completely unfair and….RIDICULOUS.
Unfair advantage and not to be celebrated. Look at the difference in size and muscle mass. Of course you were going to win.
— Libs G (@libsg41) October 14, 2018
Of course McKinnon is lashing out at her critics:
Lots of transphobic bigots are responding to my world championship win saying that 'Next up, the paralympics.' Hey women, you realize that ALL of these people (many of them women) are comparing you to disabled people...right? Women = 'disabled men' they think. Wow. Offensive. pic.twitter.com/K5cbZgaOMc
— Dr. Rachel McKinnon (@rachelvmckinnon) October 14, 2018
The offensive part is not 'being compared to disabled people' because disabled people are contemptible. No, that's super ableist. But effectively saying that women are 'disabled men' is both deeply misogynistic *and* ableist. Double-whammy. Bigots are horrible people.
— Dr. Rachel McKinnon (@rachelvmckinnon) October 14, 2018
No you idiot. They aren’t comparing women to ‘disabled men’. They are pointing out that it’s just as unfair for you, being a man, to compete against women as it would be for you to compete against disabled men. Or for that matter little kids.
Libsg41 is right. This is not something to be celebrated.