Katie Ledecky has been accused of being a trans woman multiple times in the past, and now is no different than the last false claims.
As of July 2023, Katie Ledecky has tied Michel Phelps’s record for most individual swimming titles at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships. She is also the first woman to earn 20 gold medals in World Championships.
While Katie Ledecky should have made the headlines for her achievements in her respective sports field, news outlets highlighted her for all the wrong reasons.
Baseless rumors have spread regarding Katie being a transgender woman, and we are here to pull you out of confusion.
Is Katie Ledecky Trans?
Katie LeDecky is a cisgender woman who has never claimed to be Trans or “come out” as a transgender person. The rumors regarding her being trans are completely false and have no facts to rely on.
There were no public statements made regarding Ledecky’s gender identity. That didn’t stop news outlets from misidentifying her. Some of the articles tied her accomplishments to being trans to justify her achievements.
None of the articles that claim Ledecky as a trans player have any linked sources and thus cannot be trusted.
The July 2023 controversy isn’t the first time that Ledecky’s gender identity has been questioned. In 2022, a screenshot from a Twitter conversation sparked similar rumors. It began with an image of Katie where her muscles are visible, and her build looks “manly.” The photo led many to suspect she is a man immediately, and others called her trans until someone clarified that she is, in fact, a cis woman athlete.
Katie isn’t the only female athlete to face the vitriol of anti-trans and less-knowledgeable people. In 1937, US Olympic Runner Helen Stephens faced the same rumor but in a much harsher way when NBC News published an article with her image titled: “What Do You Think? Is This a Man Or a Woman?”
Helen’s biographer later confirmed that she had lost valuable scholarship and career opportunities in the article’s aftermath.
Female Olympic gold medalist runner, Caster Semenya, was called transgender by Fox News. Semenya has an intersex condition where her body naturally produces higher testosterone, and the media have harassed her for years.
The war on trans people is only worsening, and it’s not just the trans who are affected anymore. If a woman has a muscular build or a man loves a ‘girly’ color, they are immediately assigned as transgender.
How far is this wrecking ball of false accusation and career destruction going to roll? Isn’t it about time we celebrated the achievements of individuals without discrediting their hard work? Katie Ledecky isn’t the only victim today, and their numbers will only increase if no one stands up against the propagation of false agenda.
Comment below if you value Katie Ledecky’s record as an athlete and are tired of all the gender bias she faces.
2 Comments
“The war on trans people”? Give it up, most people don’t give a sh!t. We just prefer you go pat yourselves on the back somewhere we aren’t expected to participate.
Ya’ll are douche bags for calling her a cis woman. She is just a woman. You morons do not have the right to say she is anything but a woman. That cis shit is for people in loony bins. Freaks.