At the recent British Association of Sports & Exercise Medicine (BAsem) conference, the world's most respected journal in sports science - the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) - openly promoted a presentation done on the trans issue by the author of the controversial book Open Play: The Case For Feminist Sport, Dr Sheree Bekker. In the presentation, Bekker challenges the ideas around transgender sporting advantage despite persuasive scientific evidence to the contrary, raising the question of whether the BJSM has failed in its mandate to support robust scientific content. The team break down what the BJSM's role in sports science should be, analyse some of the outlandish statements made in the presentation and discuss the implications of what happens if credibility is lost.SHOW NOTES:The tweet by the BJSM on the presentation done by Dr BekkerThe photo claiming to show the TWSA and Feminist Approach to the gender debateDr Sheree Bekker's websiteA link to the BJSM websiteRoss's X thread reacting to the presentation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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