Ellie Roscher
👤 Speaker
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Made It Out
Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
There's so much that goes into somebody's sex.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
It's fascinating.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
And we don't think of it as a complex.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
We think of it as static and innate.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
But our chromosomes are so, so interesting.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
And very few of us know exactly what's going on with that, right?
Made It Out
Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
Our hormones are constantly changing.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
So interesting.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
I have no idea what my testosterone level is.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
Yeah.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
But I do know that I didn't menstruate while I was competing in gymnastics.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
And so now when we're talking about policing the female category and having women prove that they're women by period tracking.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
Oh, right.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
Or by genital conformation.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
This is horror.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
Horror.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
Yeah.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
Right?
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
And we're only doing it to the women.
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Debunking Myths About Trans Athletes With Ellie Roscher
Men don't have to prove they're men.