[Vicky.]

Look at this, its just nonsense

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-...tlifting-chief

Australia's weightlifting chief says New Zealand's selection of transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard will create an uneven playing field at next year's Commonwealth Games.

Hubbard, who will compete in the 90kg-plus division on the Gold Coast, will be the first transgender athlete to represent New Zealand at a Commonwealth Games.

As Gavin Hubbard, the 39-year-old was a national junior record-holder in the male 105kg class before she transitioned into a woman in her mid-30s.

Rival athletes complained that she had an unfair advantage after she won gold at the Australian Open this year, lifting 123kg in the snatch and 145kg in the clean and jerk.

He will be competing against women.

This is happening in many areas of sport, but is the Commonwealth Games well watched? I don't really watch any sport so don't know. If a load of people do watch it, then it will open a lot of peoples eyes to how ridiculous this whole thing is. And with a bit of luck, stop it and make womens sport fair again.

Trained as a man, has a mans muscle mass, a mans body...even if he has lowered testosterone (which I am not sure he has) he still has a huge unfair advantage in my eyes.

But just to check if its me who is being unfair, can people answer the poll?