Abstract

This article presents the responses of 4113 sports fans (55% of whom self-identified as female), collected via an online survey from April 2019 to June 2019, about their views on trans women competing in women’s sports. In presenting the data we draw on two recurring themes – gender identity and fairness – to explain the contrasting views surrounding the traditional gendered organization of sports. The overall findings are that just over half of our male and female participants are against the inclusion of trans women, with non-binary participants more supportive and those who preferred not to disclose their gender identity less supportive. The article concludes by suggesting that whilst there is evidence of progressive attitudes amongst our participants, there is also strong resistance to trans women competing in women’s sports that is primarily related to the perceived retention of an unfair biological advantage by being assigned male at birth.

摘要

本文介绍了从 2019 年 4 月至 2019 年 6 月通过在线调查收集的 4113 名体育迷（其中 55% 自认为是女性）的回答，内容涉及他们对跨性别女性参加女子运动的看法。在呈现数据时，我们利用两个反复出现的主题——性别认同和公平——来解释围绕传统的性别化体育组织的不同观点。总体调查结果是，超过一半的男性和女性参与者反对纳入跨性别女性，非二元性别参与者更支持，而那些不愿透露自己性别认同的人则不太支持。文章最后建议，虽然有证据表明我们的参与者态度进步，