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Demian Maia a fighter with a reputation as being one of the nicest individuals in mma gives his honest opinion on trans fighters competing in wmma after the recent victory by Alana Mclaughlin.
“I think it’s absurd for you to put a person who was born a man to fight a woman. I’m going to talk about my sport, which is fighting. The person (who faces the trans athlete) will get hurt. There is no comparison. ‘Oh, but she started taking (female) hormones early on.’ Does not matter.
“The development there… And it’s not prejudice, none of that. But you have to understand that to work on the issue of prejudice in society, it’s not like that. This is not what will make people more or less prejudiced.”
https://www.mmanews.com/2021/09/demian-maia-scoffs-at-transgender-fighter-facing-women/
“I think it’s absurd for you to put a person who was born a man to fight a woman. I’m going to talk about my sport, which is fighting. The person (who faces the trans athlete) will get hurt. There is no comparison. ‘Oh, but she started taking (female) hormones early on.’ Does not matter.
“The development there… And it’s not prejudice, none of that. But you have to understand that to work on the issue of prejudice in society, it’s not like that. This is not what will make people more or less prejudiced.”
https://www.mmanews.com/2021/09/demian-maia-scoffs-at-transgender-fighter-facing-women/
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