Email the NZOC, Sport NZ & Hon Grant Robertson

Now is the time to Speak Up For Women's Sport.

Use the form below to send an automatic email to the New Zealand Olympic Committee, Sport NZ, and Minister for Sport & Recreation Hon Grant Robertson.

Tell New Zealand sports organisations and Hon Grant Robertson that you value women's sport and believe they have a duty to protect it. Tell them that allowing males to compete in women's sport is not fair and that sport must be categorised by SEX, not gender identity.

Letter To NZOC, Sport NZ & Hon Grant Robertson

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I am writing to you to express my concern at males being allowed to compete in women’s sport in New Zealand. I strongly believe sport must be categorised by SEX, not gender identity in order to ensure fair and meaningful competition.

In New Zealand we pride ourselves on our reputation for sportsmanship and sportswomanship. We play hard and fair and we win graciously. However, that reputation is at risk when we allow males like Laurel Hubbard to compete in women’s competitions, taking opportunities and victories from women.

It is well known that males have significant physical advantages over females in athletic performance. They are simply faster, stronger, and bigger and this is supported by a wealth of evidence in the form of recorded results and scientific research.

No amount of testosterone reduction can create a level playing field. It is not simply hormones that allow men to run faster, jump higher, lift heavier etc. Skeletal structure, lung capacity, ability to build muscle, and not having to manage menstruation are just some of the factors that also support their superior potential to perform athletically.

Allowing males to compete in women’s sport is regressive, depriving women and girls of opportunities, medals, and the enjoyment of striving for the win. This will also discourage girls from taking part in sports, resulting in them missing out on the benefits of sport, exercise, teamwork, and competition.

Hon. Grant Robertson, you have indicated a commitment to getting more young women physically active through recreation and sport via the Young Women’s Activation and Innovation funds. These funds are meaningless if males can simply identify their way into women’s sport and reap the benefits at the expense of women and girls.

In order for women and girls to be able to participate and enjoy the many benefits of sport, organisations responsible for policy in this area must assert and protect the sex-segregation of sport and athletics.

We call on you to put a stop to males competing in women’s sport. Sport must be categorised by SEX, not gender identity.

I value women’s sport and I’m speaking up for it. Will you?

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