Taylor Silverman on being a female skateboarder and standing up for fair competition in her sport
Taylor Silverman on being a female skateboarder and standing up for fair competition in her sport
In this episode, I speak with Taylor Silverman, who went public with her concerns about competing against a self-identified transwoman at a RedBull skate contest.
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Taylor Silverman was forced to take on the woke mob after she lost first place to a male competitor in a RedBull skateboarding competition. Lillian Gallagher, who identifies as a "transwoman," took first place. In an Instagram post, Taylor wrote:
"My name is Taylor Silverman. I am a female athlete. I have been skateboarding for eleven years and competing for several years. I have been in three different contests with trans women, two of which I placed second.
At the last contest series I did for Redbull, I placed second. The trans competitor who won took $1000 in qualifiers, $3000 in finals, and $1000 in best trick. This totaled to $5000 of the prize money meant for the female athletes.
I took $1000 in qualifiers and $1750 for second place, so $2750 in total. The girl who took third received $750. The girl who deserved $1000 for best trick took nothing along with whoever would have placed third.
I deserved to be placed first, be acknowledged for my win and get paid. I reached out to Redbull and was ignored. I am sick of being bullied into silence.”
Taylor included her message to Redbull Senior Sports Marketing Manager Erich Dummer in the post, which read:
“A biological man with a clear advantage won the women’s division, best trick, and also won multiple qualifiers. This took away the opportunity that was meant for women to place and earn money.
What happened was unfair and at the time I was too uncomfortable to speak up. I understand that in today's society even some women think this is acceptable, but I believe in doing the right thing even if it’s not the popular thing. I now realize it’s really important for me to speak up and I’d like to schedule a time to talk.”
This interview was recorded on June 2nd.
Taylor Silverman on being a female skateboarder and standing up for fair competition in her sport
That was a phenomenal interview. Lots of young girls can look up to Taylor as a role model in sport.
I've been trying to work out why so many women in sport are okay with competing against trans athletes and I've come up with this....I've found that those who are okay with it are NOT the ones coming in second or third. They are the ones that are in the middle or bottom of the pack and they would prefer to lose 1st place to a trans-woman (rather than to a fellow biological woman) because losing to another woman means they could have tried harder. If they lose to a trans-woman, they know there is nothing else they could have done.