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Jane Austen, forever. Plus: trans inclusion in sports
Life and Art from FT Weekend
Trans Women in Sport - What's the Difference?
This summer, the World Swimming Federation banned trans women from taking part in its sporting events altogether. The reasoning was that it's unfair for someone who was born biologically male to compete against cis women. Cycling, for example, has said that it would allow trans women to race after they've maintained a low enough level of testosterone for two years. It's messy though, because criteria, by definition, are not nuanced but gender is nuanced. And where you come down in this debate, it's almost a philosophical issue.
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