Clay: The "expert" that John Oliver interviewed did a study that contradicts his own statements in this interview.
Here is what Joanna Harper's study found:
Harper J, O'Donnell E, Sorouri Khorashad B, McDermott H, Witcomb GL. "How does hormone transition in transgender women change body composition, muscle strength and haemoglobin? Systematic review with a focus on the implications for sport participation." British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021.
Finding: After 12–36 months of hormone therapy, transgender women exhibit significant decreases in strength, lean body mass (LBM), and muscle area, yet these values remain higher than those observed in cisgender women. The study concludes that strength may be well-preserved in trans women even after 3 years, suggesting a retained advantage over cisgender women.
https://x.com/coachblade/status/1909266326411165704
Clay: The "expert" that John Oliver interviewed did a study that contradicts his own statements in this interview. Here is what Joanna Harper's study found:
Harper J, O'Donnell E, Sorouri Khorashad B, McDermott H, Witcomb GL. "How does hormone transition in transgender women change body composition, muscle strength and haemoglobin? Systematic review with a focus on the implications for sport participation." British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021. Finding: After 12–36 months of hormone therapy, transgender women exhibit significant decreases in strength, lean body mass (LBM), and muscle area, yet these values remain higher than those observed in cisgender women. The study concludes that strength may be well-preserved in trans women even after 3 years, suggesting a retained advantage over cisgender women.
Also, John Oliver is too fucking stupid to not even do a simple Google search for... let's say... Olympic records by gender...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_records_in_athletics
https://boysvswomen.com/
Maybe he just reads the prompter and isn't part of the research team. Maybe he doesn't care about truth. Either case, his priority is money.