Online Petition Against Trans Weightlifter's Olympic Status Hits Over 20K Signatures
The issue of transgender athletes in sports has been a divisive one - and again hit the headlines after thousands of sports fans signed a petition in opposition to transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard's Olympics participation. Hubbard, 43, was selected to represent New Zealand in this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo, and is slated to become the world's first transgender athlete to compete at the highest level of the sport some nine years after Hubbard transitioned from male to female in 2012 at the age of 35. Prior to that, Hubbard had competed and trained in male weightlifting since a teenager.
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