Caitlyn Jenner has voiced her support for Nassau County’s executive order banning transgender athletes from county-run facilities.
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Caitlyn Jenner, the former 1976 Olympic gold medalist in the men’s decathlon, has voiced her support for Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s ban on transgender athletes competing at county facilities.
Jenner, who publicly came out as transgender in 2015, spoke at a Monday news conference alongside Blakeman, endorsing Blakeman’s view that it’s not about being anti-trans but rather pro-women’s sports.
” I have shared my struggle that I have dealt with my entire life with – gender dysphoria,” Jenner told reporters. “Today in this country, and in the world, we’re in a crossroads. Athletic governing bodies, judicial systems, executive actions, legislative bodies, are all grappling with how to handle the topic of trans athletes on a massive scale. Specifically, the biological realities that exist that provide for advantages and even lead to physical harm when trans women or biological males compete in sports against women.”
Neither Jenner nor Blakeman were able to speak about any examples of transgender athletes causing issues in Nassau, but Jenner cited an incident in North Carolina, where volleyball player Payton McNabb claimed a transgender woman spiked a ball in her face causing neck injuries and a concussion.
“We need families to speak out now before something happens like what happened in North Carolina,” Jenner said. “The women’s net is seven and a half inches lower making it easier to spike. The average height for a man’s fist spike is 82 miles an hour – the average spike for women 64 miles an hour. That’s why we have to protect women’s sports here.”
Jenner doesn’t have much support from the LGBT+ community on this, with David Kilmnick, president of the LGBT Network, blasting her in a statement.
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