Transgender woman Chloie Jönsson sues Crossfit for 2.5 Million after being told she had to compete with men
Who has the problem with her competing with cisgender woman? Chloie Jönsson is suing Rebox CrossFit for 2.5 Million dollars after receiving a letter reeking of cisgenderism and transphobia telling her she could not participate with other women in the March Cross Fit Games. In a letter obtained by TMZ Sports she was told by CrossFit “We have simply ruled that based upon being born as a male, she will need to compete in the Men’s Division.” CF argues … “The fundamental, ineluctable fact is that a male competitor who has a sex reassignment procedure still has a genetic makeup that confers a physical and physiological advantage over women.” But in the letter, CF gets aggressive — saying, “Our decision has nothing to do with ‘ignorance’ or being bigots — it has to do with a very real understanding of the human genome, of fundamental biology, that you are either
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveCrossfit’s “scientific” refusal to allow Chloie Jönnson to compete in women’s division not actually supported by science | The TransAdvocate
In a situation that recalls the recent controversy around MMA Fighter Fallon Fox, Chloie Jönsson, a trans woman, was recently banned from competing in the women’s division of Reebok’s CrossFit athletic competition, a high-intensity endurance fitness challenge with a cash-prize of $250,000. She is now…
Some girls more equal than others: How society excludes Trans women
[…] by this culture, trans women are policed even more so. This week, we learned that trans athlete Chloie Johnsson has opted to sue Crossfit after their organisers tried to force her to compete with men – despite the vast amount of […]
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