When I attended the NCAA swim championship in Atlanta, Ga., in April last year, there were two swimmers participating who identified as transgender. One was Lia Thomas, a male, whose involvement in the women’s event sparked ferocious controversy. The second was Iszac Henig, a female, also competing in the women’s events, whose transgender identity went largely unnoticed.
The fact that no one cared that Henig identified as trans while swimming on the women’s team proved the point that when it comes to competitive sports, the relevant factor is not identity, but sex. In a recent essay for the New York Times, Henig explains why her decision to ultimately compete with men was a liberating experience. Her argument is unconvincing. What emerges from her piece is an example of how trans ideology thwarts women’s full potential.
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