Kulturkampf

[Ethan]

Before clicking, I knew it would be the columnist who gave us this gem (and countless others)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2025/06/27/olympics-anti-transgender-hysteria/84374103007/

This transgender paranoia is just that, paranoia. Might a transgender athlete wind up on a podium some day? Sure. Just as will a woman whose parents are millionaires and could afford to give her the best in private coaching, strength training and nutrition from the time she could walk. Or a woman who has an inordinately long wingspan and superior lung capacity.

But we don’t tar and feather those women. We celebrate them.

The beauty of sports, the whole purpose of the Olympics, is for athletes to test themselves, mentally and physically. To strive for the best versions of themselves while also learning valuable life lessons about commitment, resilience and cooperation. Yet the IOC appears ready to join the chorus of those who want to make those opportunities off-limits to transgender people, simply because of who they are.