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Veronica Ivy
Veronica Ivy (born 1982), formerly Rachel McKinnon, is a Canadian competitive cycle sport, cyclist and transgender rights activist. In 2018, she became the first transgender world track cycling champion by placing first at the Masters cycling, UCI Women’s Masters Track World Championship for the women's 35–44 age bracket. Early life and education Ivy is from Victoria, British Columbia. She earned a bachelors of arts degree in philosophy from the University of Victoria (2005). She completed her PhD from University of Waterloo in Philosophy in 2012,Rachel McKinnon , ''The Conversation''. with a thesis entitled "Reasonable Assertions: On Norms of Assertion and Why You Don't Need to Know What You're Talking About". Ivy has said she first began thinking she might be transgender when she was thirteen, but to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transgender People In Sports
The participation of transgender people in competitive sports, a traditionally sex-segregated institution, is a controversial issue, particularly the inclusion of transgender women and girls in women's sports. Opponents argue that transgender women have an unfair advantage over, and may endanger, cisgender women in competitive sports due to sex differences in human physiology, and that these differences are not sufficiently reversed by transgender hormone therapies. Supporters of transgender athletes argue that medically prescribed puberty blockers and estrogen suppresses testosterone levels and reduces muscle mass of transgender women, reducing possible competitive advantages. Supporters also argue that sport, particularly youth sports, is also about belonging, well-being, and socialization of young people. The American Medical Association states that legislation barring trans women from women's sports harms the mental health of transgender people. The controversy has caus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
