So, guys, Derek, moreplace, mornings.com. Today we are going to be talking about the first

openly transgendered athlete allowed to compete in the Olympics. This is a subject that I actually

have discussed a couple times now, but more in passing in the May 7th video I posted, reacting to

Caitlin Jenner's stance on trans girls competing in female sports.

That was not specifically about this one athlete, although I did touch on it briefly because it was a very relevant topic at the time.

And even more relevant now because apparently New Zealand weight lifter Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics.

And by the way, as far as the echoing in this studio thing, bear with me while I get it echo proofed.

I'm kind of like in the process of transitioning some things in the studio around.

So I'm kind of like going back and forth a bit. But yeah, just let me know what you think of the overall.

I don't know. The lighting is a bit of a jerry rigged setup right now. Let me know if this is,

I don't know, too dark or like what you think about

it, but I'm going to be figuring it out. And this is, you know, a temporary background. Don't

worry about that. So anyways, New Zealand, I got tagged in this post expectedly. New Zealand women's

super heavyweight weight lifter, Laurel Hubbard, hard to say for some reason,

will be the first openly transgendered athlete to compete in the Olympics.

Hubbard competed in men's weightlifting events before transitioning 2015, but not at the

international level.

Obviously, this is notable because one of the justification points that it seems to be brought up is that this individual has, you know, broken records as a male.

So somehow, I don't know, is that like a point of contention that somehow it justifies the fact that if they're breaking records as a female, it's not that big a deal because they were already breaking records as a male. Is that just a, you know, a point to bring up for the sake of just giving

more transparent information and it's actually reinforcing that maybe it's even more unfair that you

have somebody who's such a, you know, excelling athlete, even in male athletics and then they

transition to female and just fucking

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