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DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2020: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChrisMosier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisMosier</span></a> is the First Openly Trans Man to Compete in Men's Olympic Trials<br> <br>“For me, it’s all about making a pathway for all the trans athletes that come after me,” he told the New York Times. </p><p>By Wren Sanders, January 28, 2020</p><p>"On January 25, Chris Mosier became the first known openly transgender athlete to compete in an Olympic trial as the gender with which they identify. Mosier, a 39-year-old All-American duathlete and Hall of Fame triathlete, made history by starting the race, a 50 Kilometer race walk, held outside San Diego, California.</p><p>"Perhaps just as impressive as Mosier’s barrier-breaking identity is the fact that he’s relatively new to the sport in which he’s already broken barriers. The Chicago-born athlete competed in his first race walk this past September, winning a national championship. In his second race a month later, Mosier finished 12th in the nation, thereby qualifying for the Olympic Trials."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.them.us/story/chris-mosier-trans-man-compete-mens-olympic-trials" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">them.us/story/chris-mosier-tra</span><span class="invisible">ns-man-compete-mens-olympic-trials</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransAthlete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransAthlete</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransAthletes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, I wanted to highlight this quote from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransAthlete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransAthlete</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChrisMosier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisMosier</span></a> [which I totally identify with]:</p><p>"An increased scrutiny on athletes' bodies creates serious harm to all women and girls who are perceived as 'more masculine' due to being <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/intersex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intersex</span></a>, or otherwise out of alignment with narrow, white-centric norms of femininity."</p><p>Or those of us with higher androgen levels naturally! 🤚🏼</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransAthletes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>