Author Malcolm Gladwell Says He Was Pressured Into Saying Trans Athletes Belong in Women’s Sports

‘I believe, in retrospect, I was objecting in a dishonest way’

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GLADWELL: “It would be, I suspect, near unanimity in the room that trans athletes have no place in the female category. The reason I am ashamed of my performance at that panel is because I share your position 100 percent, and I was cowed. The idea of saying anything on the — I was — I believe, in retrospect, in a dishonest way, I was objecting in a dishonest way.”

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