Trans People in Elite Sport and Testosterone Myths with Dr Veronica Ivy

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Global Media & Entertainment

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Dr Veronica Ivy, who is an interdisciplinary scholar and professional athlete. Veronica talks about what it’s like navigating the sporting world as a trans woman, the recent increase in transphobia in sports, and what she means by sport being a human right. She debunks so many myths around hormones, trans people, and performance, and shares perspective on how the socialisation of children of different genders impacts their sports performance. Finally, Hannah and Veronica discuss the misogynoir directed towards Black female athletes and how cis athletes can be effective allies.

CW: discussions of transphobia

✨MORE ABOUT DR VERONICA IVY✨
Dr. Veronica Ivy is an interdisciplinary scholar who has published widely on topics of knowledge, language, gender, and issues of equity (particularly in sport). She is a world-leading expert on trans and intersex athlete rights and offers institutional diversity and inclusion training workshops. Veronica has penned articles for New York Times, Washington Post, Economist, NBC News, VICE, and many more. She has appeared on major TV, radio, and podcast interviews to discuss trans issues and particularly trans and intersex athlete rights, including CNN, BBC, SKY, and The Daily Show.

In addition to her academic work, she is a two-time masters track cycling world champion and previous masters world-record holder. Dr. Ivy also happens to be a queer trans woman. She is the first known trans woman to win a track cycling world championship.

Veronica also engages in advocacy and activism for trans and intersex athletes. Her message is that #SportIsAHumanRight. Ivy brings a unique perspective of being an academic, an athlete, and an activist to her work. She advises various national and international organizations including the International Olympic Committee.

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drveronicaivy/

📝CHECK OUT THE SHOWNOTES AND TRANSCRIPT📝
https://doingitpodcast.co.uk

✨CONNECT WITH US✨
https://www.instagram.com/doingitpodcast
https://twitter.com/doingitpodcast

👀WANT EARLY & AD-FREE ACCESS TO EPISODES?👀
https://www.patreon.com/hannahwitton

✏️SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER✏️
http://bit.ly/HannahWittonsNewsletter

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	At Halford's, we want you to say yes to packing more into summer days with a great value roofbox or bike rack.
0:06.3	Say yes to freewheeling fun with bikes and gear for all the family.
0:10.5	Say yes to a perfectly polished car with our range of car cleaning products.
0:14.7	And say yes to easy, breezy trips with a free aircon check.
0:18.7	Our experts are on hand with checks, advice and fitting.
0:21.7	So pop into your local store or shop online and say yes to summer at Halford's.
0:27.1	Subject to availability, see Halvest.com for Fulties and Seas.
0:34.5	Hi everyone. Welcome back to Doing It, the Sex and Relationships podcast, where sex has never
0:41.9	been so nerdy with me, your host, Hannah Whitten.
0:45.5	This week, I am joined by Dr. Veronica Ivy, who is an interdisciplinary scholar and professional
0:51.5	athlete.
0:52.5	She is a world-leading expert on trans and intersex
0:55.7	athlete rights and offers institutional diversity and inclusion training workshops, writes
1:00.9	articles for major publications and appears on major TV and radio shows to discuss trans
1:06.8	issues and particularly trans and intersex people in sport. In addition to her academic work, Veronica is a two-time master's track cycling world champion and previous master's world record holder.
1:19.6	She is the first known trans woman to win a track cycling world championship and is an activist for trans and intersex athletes and advises various national and international
1:29.7	organizations, including the International Olympic Committee.
1:34.0	I'm so excited to have Veronica on the show to speak to her all about what it's like
1:38.5	navigating the sporting world as a trans woman and for her to bust myths around trans people,
1:46.6	hormones, gender and sporting performance. Veronica told me all about her sporting journey and also becoming a philosophy professor
1:52.7	specialising in language. She spoke about what she means by sport being a human right and shared
1:59.6	how the Olympic guidelines and rules back up that trans people
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Global Media & Entertainment, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Global Media & Entertainment and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.