This is an issue which has me massively conflicted. Probably like a lot of people.
I will say, I don't think it's going to go away no matter how much science you throw at it. Because emotion always beats logic. You can recite facts to people until you're blue in the face, but if someone can cry "Trans Wolf!" and have someone else, or another team, be put under the laser of populism these days, you can bet they're going to do it. Anything for an advantage. Anything to appeal to emotion. Whether there's justification for it or not. That's what sports has been reduced to.
The actual science these days feels less and less like it matters, when you have support, and people in charge ready to jump all over trans people. Just needing an excuse.
As much as I applaud what this article is trying to do, ultimately I don't think it will matter, sadly. Because it isn't about facts nowadays. It's about the trans boogeywoman.
I would argue the title should be the other way round. The trans athletes are the ones who seem to need the protection.
