Another great article Sarah! The fact that a woman decides to compete in the female category shouldn't be news at the Olympic level or any other level. I'm sure she is smart enough to to do the math and realized that no matter how she views herself she would have no hope to make a men's Olympic team. Even if the category is deemed "open." As long as she isn't juicing testosterone, no women is going to even look at her sideways, much less care that she is in the competition.
And you are right that this reinforces the excuse that athletes must be allowed to compete based on the way they feel is truly a false narrative. It has nothing to do with feeling and everything to do with cheating.
Yes, I think it’s because we don’t see transmen in the news being the first ‘man’ to do whatever (unless it’s get pregnant) and the prevalence historically of transsexual men that people think trans equates to male. The media definitely don’t help by calling athletes who are competing in the correct category ‘trans’, this is all part of the big transgender fog of confusion, and every little bit helps to keep people off-balance. I would seriously love to ask sporting federations what they are doing to facilitate the inclusion of transmen in men’s sports.
"I would seriously love to ask sporting federations what they are doing to facilitate the inclusion of transmen in men’s sports." This, 100%. Or how about spending the same insane amount of resources they've spent forcing women to accept men in their sport to encourage inclusion of men with feminine identities in men's sports.
Yes! Why do you think there is a reticence to accept feminine presenting men in male sports? It’s not even a suggestion that’s talked about. Is it because of the usual macho sport stuff? Alternatively they could get men to take performance inhibiting drugs to be more inclusive of transmen. 🤣
https://www.thefemalecategory.com/p/washington-drafted-the-nations-first When I interviewed Aidean Key, a trans-identified female who was a part of the very short, very quick (one day) discussion back in 2007 to eliminate girls' right to single sex sports, I asked if simply including boys with trans identities in boys sports was discussed. It was not, for this reason, said Key: "But for trans girls it’s really harsh. They’re assaulted, bullied, there’s a higher likelihood of violence if they compete against boys." No evidence that this is true (or Williams Institute "evidence"), nor any thought that, if true, if boys will assault and bully boys with trans identities, maybe that is the problem that should be addressed. The ironclad assumption was that either it's not a problem that boys are transphobic and abusive or it's so intractable a problem as to be impossible to address. Instead, the instantaneous response was to obliterate girls rights, invite boys to sexually assault them , and bully and coerce them into accepting boys.
Lundholm knows that she would be uncompetitive if she competed against men. Her/their choice to compete against her natal sex supports the case for keeping transwomen out of female sport.
Erik Schinegger was another decent "trans" skier who discovered that they were actually male and in good faith stopped competing in female category. Back then people had decency and acted in good faith instead of doing the "oppression grift".
the decency part is likely why there is little publication about him. Can't have him stepping on the narrative. Was a fascinating story when it came out and then just disappeared.
"As for Schinegger, like a properly resilient human, he moved on. In 1975, he opened a highly successful ski school. In 1978, he fathered a daughter and considered it to be one of his proudest achievements. Imagine if Schinegger had instead opted to take female hormones in a bid to continue living the lie that he was female and the hope to continue competing as one. He would not have ever experienced his greatest joy.
In 1988, during a televised broadcast, Schinegger also presented his world championship gold medal to Marielle Goitschel, the technical runner-up and true women’s champion. He called Goitschel the real winner."
Exactly. He returned his medals. He was not trans, he had undescended testicles and an inverted penis. He discovered he was not female when they started testing, which the Olympics stopped doing in 1997. He ended up getting successful surgeries to correct his issues
It’s very interesting that the people who are upset that the Republicans are equalizing the physical tests between men and women for combat in our military are the same ones who strongly believe that men should be allowed to compete against women in sports. You can’t have it both ways unless you are a complete hypocrite. Oops, that’s the answer.
Yup. And these women—who by and large are not serious contenders to win medals—get MASSIVE coverage from our mainstream media, in what can only be interpreted as a desperate attempt to whitewash "trans athletes" in general. By painting these completely innocuous women, who compete in the category where they actually belong, as the face of the "trans athlete", the media give activists endless excuses to deny and dismiss the presence of predatory opportunist men in Women's categories—and make it that much less likely that mostly apolitical sports fans (who still know unfairness when they see it) will ever notice or know that they're there.
They did the same thing with Philippine boxer Hergie Bacyadan (who now identifies as a "trans man", but who i think was on the "nb" train in 2024), who in 2024 became the subject of feature stories in multiple U.S. and Canadian national media outlets—pretty wild for a foreign, non-medal-contender in Women's boxing, a sport with a vanishingly small fan base anywhere in the anglosphere.
It'a almost like they would do literally anything to avoid writing about some other stuff about men and Women having to do with Women's boxing that year.
What a lily-livered, hypocritical coward this Elis Lundholm is! She wants to pretend she's a man, but is tooo much of a fake to compete with the sex she's making a weak attempt to impersonate. How despicable!
Haven’t many “masculine”-feeling women always gravitated toward sport - particularly within their female sex-category? Obviously yes. Myopic social trends that make fantasy mountains out of “gender identities” reveal, yet again, the tiresome stereotyping of “gender” and its performative-feeling nature.
Competing within one’s sex category is all that ever matters, without hormonal cross-sex doping, of course.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO STERILIZE A CHILD THROUGH THEIR MIND, WITH AN IDEOLOGY, HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT?
CAN AN IDEA SWITCH A FAMILY BLOODLINE OFF?
Under what banner would it fly?
The spirit behind it is death.
Promoting LGBTQIA+ (“+” = pedophilia) ideology, agnostic of politics (Pete Buttigieg Don Lemon, Anderson Cooper, Scott Bessent, Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, Dave Rubin, Caitlyn Jenner etc), is literally part of the population reduction campaign (sterilization through the mind). It’s a Trick…and it’s working.
Let’s seriously think about this from a spiritual warfare aspect.
Before we determine where we stand on issues that are up for social debate we should ask: Does this lead to life? Or does it lead to death? What if everyone decided to do it? Perhaps it leads to the death of the human race? Maybe that testifies of the spirit behind it.
God governs by Truth because Truth is Life Giving, because He is Love and Love requires relationship repeating in the form of life.
When we depart from Truth, it leads to chaos, confusion, awkwardness, corruption, delusion, perversion, and death.
Let’s view the deceptive equation and how the above conversation fits into it:
LGBTQ ideology. “Dignity and respect.” “Love is love.”
(Consider: If you were going to sterilize the next generation through their thoughts/minds, how would you do that? Can an idea switch a family bloodline OFF???)
Global population reduction. Which is monetized for profit by and for the stakeholders. The spirit behind it is death.
No judgement or condemnation towards any individuals who subscribe to freedom of choice in the above. I’m just showcasing where it leads in the name of Truth and Love and ultimately Life (vs non-life).
Know any leading philanthropist who invests heavily in the above globally?
Look up how much the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has invested in vaccines, planned parenthood, LGBTQ ideology, and Big Tech / AI to control and shape information. He’s not the only one…
As Christians we are called to CHOOSE LIFE and encourage others to do it for all the right physical and spiritual reasons as well.
What do you mean by "thus?" If you mean they are female with a masculine identity, then yes, of course. The vast majority of competitive female athletes choose to compete in the female category because they know, as everyone does, that gender ideology's central mantra—a trans man is a man—is BS. They know they're not men and will have no career in the men's category. "Trans men" are very awkward for the trans movement because it exposes that lie. It's also a lie that a trans woman is a woman. But men with feminine identities are not hit in the face with reality. as "trans men" are. They actually have an advantage in women's sports. But upholding women's rights to single sex sports and telling men No are two things our society has a very hard time doing
"Trans men" expose the foundational lie of trans ideology—a trans man is a man. "Trans men" in sports run headlong into reality—it's simply not true. They know it, everyone knows it. And by the same token, a trans woman is not a woman, and thus is ineligible for women's sports
Yet and still it is inhumane to enable or be a codependent for a gender dysphoric person. Playing along with a psychotic helps no one, confuses everyone who's not "in the know," and is actually cruel. Anyone who believes or pretends to be their opposite gender is out of touch with reality and needs psychiatric help. This story exposes the ignorant, dim-witted media, always chasing a story rather than reporting the truth, for what they are - information grifters.
You point out one of the reasons transgenderism has infiltrated every area of life, and also why it's so hard to remove. What was a mental disorder has been normalized. People with DIY identities are not considered ill but rather a demographic deserving of special rights and protections.
Another great article Sarah! The fact that a woman decides to compete in the female category shouldn't be news at the Olympic level or any other level. I'm sure she is smart enough to to do the math and realized that no matter how she views herself she would have no hope to make a men's Olympic team. Even if the category is deemed "open." As long as she isn't juicing testosterone, no women is going to even look at her sideways, much less care that she is in the competition.
And you are right that this reinforces the excuse that athletes must be allowed to compete based on the way they feel is truly a false narrative. It has nothing to do with feeling and everything to do with cheating.
Another astute analysis, written w creative flair and energy as always. Sarah Barker scores again.
“Spontaneous combustion” lol🤠
Yes, I think it’s because we don’t see transmen in the news being the first ‘man’ to do whatever (unless it’s get pregnant) and the prevalence historically of transsexual men that people think trans equates to male. The media definitely don’t help by calling athletes who are competing in the correct category ‘trans’, this is all part of the big transgender fog of confusion, and every little bit helps to keep people off-balance. I would seriously love to ask sporting federations what they are doing to facilitate the inclusion of transmen in men’s sports.
"I would seriously love to ask sporting federations what they are doing to facilitate the inclusion of transmen in men’s sports." This, 100%. Or how about spending the same insane amount of resources they've spent forcing women to accept men in their sport to encourage inclusion of men with feminine identities in men's sports.
Yes! Why do you think there is a reticence to accept feminine presenting men in male sports? It’s not even a suggestion that’s talked about. Is it because of the usual macho sport stuff? Alternatively they could get men to take performance inhibiting drugs to be more inclusive of transmen. 🤣
https://www.thefemalecategory.com/p/washington-drafted-the-nations-first When I interviewed Aidean Key, a trans-identified female who was a part of the very short, very quick (one day) discussion back in 2007 to eliminate girls' right to single sex sports, I asked if simply including boys with trans identities in boys sports was discussed. It was not, for this reason, said Key: "But for trans girls it’s really harsh. They’re assaulted, bullied, there’s a higher likelihood of violence if they compete against boys." No evidence that this is true (or Williams Institute "evidence"), nor any thought that, if true, if boys will assault and bully boys with trans identities, maybe that is the problem that should be addressed. The ironclad assumption was that either it's not a problem that boys are transphobic and abusive or it's so intractable a problem as to be impossible to address. Instead, the instantaneous response was to obliterate girls rights, invite boys to sexually assault them , and bully and coerce them into accepting boys.
‘Boys will be boys’ 🤷 What can you do?
Lundholm knows that she would be uncompetitive if she competed against men. Her/their choice to compete against her natal sex supports the case for keeping transwomen out of female sport.
Erik Schinegger was another decent "trans" skier who discovered that they were actually male and in good faith stopped competing in female category. Back then people had decency and acted in good faith instead of doing the "oppression grift".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Schinegger
the decency part is likely why there is little publication about him. Can't have him stepping on the narrative. Was a fascinating story when it came out and then just disappeared.
"As for Schinegger, like a properly resilient human, he moved on. In 1975, he opened a highly successful ski school. In 1978, he fathered a daughter and considered it to be one of his proudest achievements. Imagine if Schinegger had instead opted to take female hormones in a bid to continue living the lie that he was female and the hope to continue competing as one. He would not have ever experienced his greatest joy.
In 1988, during a televised broadcast, Schinegger also presented his world championship gold medal to Marielle Goitschel, the technical runner-up and true women’s champion. He called Goitschel the real winner."
Eva Kurilova's essay on Schinegger:
https://www.evakurilova.com/p/the-womens-ski-champion-who-turned
I knew about the ski school, but that's where I lost track. His is a story that needs more exposure during this crazy time.
Interesting. Thanks for the link
I read the link. Erik had a DSD like Caster Semenya. Not trans
Exactly. He returned his medals. He was not trans, he had undescended testicles and an inverted penis. He discovered he was not female when they started testing, which the Olympics stopped doing in 1997. He ended up getting successful surgeries to correct his issues
It’s very interesting that the people who are upset that the Republicans are equalizing the physical tests between men and women for combat in our military are the same ones who strongly believe that men should be allowed to compete against women in sports. You can’t have it both ways unless you are a complete hypocrite. Oops, that’s the answer.
The fact that this is considered news is an indication of how far down the rabbit hole society has gone.
Yup. And these women—who by and large are not serious contenders to win medals—get MASSIVE coverage from our mainstream media, in what can only be interpreted as a desperate attempt to whitewash "trans athletes" in general. By painting these completely innocuous women, who compete in the category where they actually belong, as the face of the "trans athlete", the media give activists endless excuses to deny and dismiss the presence of predatory opportunist men in Women's categories—and make it that much less likely that mostly apolitical sports fans (who still know unfairness when they see it) will ever notice or know that they're there.
They did the same thing with Philippine boxer Hergie Bacyadan (who now identifies as a "trans man", but who i think was on the "nb" train in 2024), who in 2024 became the subject of feature stories in multiple U.S. and Canadian national media outlets—pretty wild for a foreign, non-medal-contender in Women's boxing, a sport with a vanishingly small fan base anywhere in the anglosphere.
It'a almost like they would do literally anything to avoid writing about some other stuff about men and Women having to do with Women's boxing that year.
What a lily-livered, hypocritical coward this Elis Lundholm is! She wants to pretend she's a man, but is tooo much of a fake to compete with the sex she's making a weak attempt to impersonate. How despicable!
It’s my opinion that when you are on the women’s team because you are a women the use of female pronouns is required. She is not a male.
Haven’t many “masculine”-feeling women always gravitated toward sport - particularly within their female sex-category? Obviously yes. Myopic social trends that make fantasy mountains out of “gender identities” reveal, yet again, the tiresome stereotyping of “gender” and its performative-feeling nature.
Competing within one’s sex category is all that ever matters, without hormonal cross-sex doping, of course.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO STERILIZE A CHILD THROUGH THEIR MIND, WITH AN IDEOLOGY, HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT?
CAN AN IDEA SWITCH A FAMILY BLOODLINE OFF?
Under what banner would it fly?
The spirit behind it is death.
Promoting LGBTQIA+ (“+” = pedophilia) ideology, agnostic of politics (Pete Buttigieg Don Lemon, Anderson Cooper, Scott Bessent, Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, Dave Rubin, Caitlyn Jenner etc), is literally part of the population reduction campaign (sterilization through the mind). It’s a Trick…and it’s working.
Let’s seriously think about this from a spiritual warfare aspect.
Before we determine where we stand on issues that are up for social debate we should ask: Does this lead to life? Or does it lead to death? What if everyone decided to do it? Perhaps it leads to the death of the human race? Maybe that testifies of the spirit behind it.
God governs by Truth because Truth is Life Giving, because He is Love and Love requires relationship repeating in the form of life.
When we depart from Truth, it leads to chaos, confusion, awkwardness, corruption, delusion, perversion, and death.
Let’s view the deceptive equation and how the above conversation fits into it:
Vaccines. “Safe and Effective.”
+
Planned Parenthood [abortion]. “Reproductive care.”
+
LGBTQ ideology. “Dignity and respect.” “Love is love.”
(Consider: If you were going to sterilize the next generation through their thoughts/minds, how would you do that? Can an idea switch a family bloodline OFF???)
+
Censorship. “Hate Speech, misinformation/disinformation.”
=
Global population reduction. Which is monetized for profit by and for the stakeholders. The spirit behind it is death.
No judgement or condemnation towards any individuals who subscribe to freedom of choice in the above. I’m just showcasing where it leads in the name of Truth and Love and ultimately Life (vs non-life).
Know any leading philanthropist who invests heavily in the above globally?
Look up how much the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has invested in vaccines, planned parenthood, LGBTQ ideology, and Big Tech / AI to control and shape information. He’s not the only one…
As Christians we are called to CHOOSE LIFE and encourage others to do it for all the right physical and spiritual reasons as well.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
John 14:6
https://youtu.be/obRG-2jurz0?feature=shared
Refer to women's golf or procycling, where a significant portion of the women are thus. To be fair, this is not unique in any way.
What do you mean by "thus?" If you mean they are female with a masculine identity, then yes, of course. The vast majority of competitive female athletes choose to compete in the female category because they know, as everyone does, that gender ideology's central mantra—a trans man is a man—is BS. They know they're not men and will have no career in the men's category. "Trans men" are very awkward for the trans movement because it exposes that lie. It's also a lie that a trans woman is a woman. But men with feminine identities are not hit in the face with reality. as "trans men" are. They actually have an advantage in women's sports. But upholding women's rights to single sex sports and telling men No are two things our society has a very hard time doing
women who cheat with hormones should not be rewarded for defeating women.
women who pretend to be men should not be in the women's category by their own illogic
when will this delusional behaviour end?
"Trans men" expose the foundational lie of trans ideology—a trans man is a man. "Trans men" in sports run headlong into reality—it's simply not true. They know it, everyone knows it. And by the same token, a trans woman is not a woman, and thus is ineligible for women's sports
Yet and still it is inhumane to enable or be a codependent for a gender dysphoric person. Playing along with a psychotic helps no one, confuses everyone who's not "in the know," and is actually cruel. Anyone who believes or pretends to be their opposite gender is out of touch with reality and needs psychiatric help. This story exposes the ignorant, dim-witted media, always chasing a story rather than reporting the truth, for what they are - information grifters.
You point out one of the reasons transgenderism has infiltrated every area of life, and also why it's so hard to remove. What was a mental disorder has been normalized. People with DIY identities are not considered ill but rather a demographic deserving of special rights and protections.