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Re:Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Ol... by Zababa on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @02:14AM (#27601343)
> In what way is Vanbellinghen not questioning Hubbard's identity?

Not all women are allowed to participate in powerlifting competitions. For example, people not qualified couldn't. People that are known steroids abusers couldn't. That doesn't make them less women.

Re:Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Ol... by ALittleLight on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @02:35AM (#27601466)
Sure, but Vanbellinghen is not claiming Hubbard should be disqualified on those grounds. The issue is that Hubbard is a biological male and has an innate advantage when it comes to lifting things.
Re:Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Ol... by Zababa on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:04AM (#27601624)
> Vanbellinghen, 27, whose qualifying efforts were disrupted by injury, pointed out that the retained benefit of taking steroids, even years earlier, is widely known.

> "So why is it still a question whether two decades, from puberty to the age of 35, with the hormonal system of a man also would give an advantage [in competing against women]?

The issue would be the same with a long term steroid user consider how it was worded.