London – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday people born male should not compete in female sporting events, after a transgender cyclist was barred from a women’s race.Debate in Britain about transgender rights has become ever more acrimonious, and others in Johnson’s government have said it should be left to sporting bodies to decide on who gets to compete.
But with splits emerging in both the Conservative and opposition Labour parties, ahead of local elections on May 5, Johnson went further in wading into the gender front of Britain’s so-called “culture wars.”“I don’t think that biological males should be competing in female sporting events.