There have been many stories recently about trans women competing against biological females

and winning. That is to say, someone who is born biologically male, competing against someone

who is born biologically female. One of the more recent stories is about a track sprint for girls

where the first and second place award went to trans women, one of whom even broke a state record.

The issue was actually really complicated. There's no one size fits all solution,

and there's actually some really interesting arguments from a social perspective,

as well as a scientific perspective as to why we should or shouldn't allow this.

I'm not here to tell you what to believe, but I do want to go over some interesting ideas

and statements from experts as to why this is an issue that needs to be discussed.

But before we get started, make sure you're following our new channel Subverse.

At youtube.com slash subverse videos where we recently did an interview with Dr. Debra Soh.

She holds a PhD in sexual neuroscience, and we did a video about the reality of transgender and

gender science. If you want to support these videos, just share them on social media to help spread

the message. Let's start by taking a look at one of the latest stories to give you a science of

what's happening. This from the Washington Times, transgender sprinters finish first, second at

Connecticut's girls indoor track championships. The story mentions that Andria Yearwood, a trans woman,

recently finished second in the 55 meter dash at the state open indoor track championships.

The winner, Terry Miller of Bloomfield High is also transgender and set a girls state indoor record

of 6.95 seconds. Miller and Yearwood also topped the 100 meter state championships last year

and Miller won the 300 this season. Critics say their gender identity amounts to an unfair

advantage, expressing a familiar argument in a complex debate for transgender athletes as they

break barriers across sports around the world from high school to the pros. Yearwood acknowledges

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