The Importance of Open Categories in Sport

"I don't think that there is an imperative to include male-bodied athletes in female sport," she says. "We're not depriving any one of the ability to compete in sport." In poker and chess, you have this woman's poker and this open poker - but it's just sex divided categories. And so what you'd be doing if we had an open category in sport is saying, look, anybody can play. But in practice, the trans woman are going to get trans by the men".