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Chelsea Wolfe: Riding to Tokyo On Her Terms

by Zachary Draves
July 25, 2024
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Chelsea Wolfe: Riding to Tokyo On Her Terms
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By: Zach Draves

Intense racing, extraordinary freestyle skills, and jaw-dropping stunts gave BMX its name for the last thirty years. 

BMX dedicates itself to improvisation and innovation using zero gravity. 

That free-spiritedness drew Chelsea Wolfe in. 

Chelsea Wolfe is trans BMX rider on Team USA aiming for the Olympics - Outsports

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She is an openly transgender female rider who is setting her sights on the Toyko Olympics in 2021. There, BMX will make its official debut. 

Not only will this be the first time the world’s best will have their moment to shine, but if all goes well for Chelsea, she will be the first openly transgender Olympian. 

Chelsea broke barriers and opened doors growing up riding bikes and competing in BMX freestyle for 12 years.

Chelsea Wolfe - Athlete Ally

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Competing in Tokyo will shatter an arbitrarily constructed glass ceiling. 

For too long societal institutions rendered trans people invisible and forced them into isolation from societal institutions and cultural spaces such as sports. Discriminatory policies and attitudes rooted in an outdated construct of gender caused this injustice.

Chelsea’s’ visibility matters. 

Given that trans representation in public life is more significant than ever, Chelsea’s ascendance in the world of BMX arrived at the right moment. 

 

Bike Check with Chelsea Wolfe – The Bloom BMX

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Progress Despite Monsters

Furthermore, she and other trans athletes are arriving against the backdrop of a profound backlash from right-wing commentators, political organizations, lawmakers, and sports governing bodies. 

All with the intent to erase trans people’s existence. 

While not all of the cycling world supports her, Chelsea sees bright spots of progress.

“Cycling is in a much better place than other sports. We have some protections, and they are not actively trying to get rid of us,” she said. 

“There hasn’t been widespread acceptance, but at least there is more recognition of science and research.”

Also, Chelsea sees the ever-growing movement for trans inclusion in sports. Also, she observes a continuation of the push for greater equality. 

“I have a really good feeling about the organization behind the movement.”

Given that lawmakers rolled back rights and protections, with bigots unleashing scare tactics and alarmingly murdering many trans people, particularly trans women of color, seeing Chelsea and others living, thriving, and surviving is desperately needed. 

We all have to do our part. 

“The biggest thing you can do is to be very open about your support for trans people, queer people, and people of color,” said Chelsea. 

“Advocate from where you are, and the more you advocate, the more safe you make it for people from all backgrounds.”

The movement to equality and inclusion is more potent than hatred and will ultimately win. 

However, we won’t get there by hiding our faces in the sand. 

The rise of Chelsea Wolfe encapsulates one of the most pressing civil rights battles of our time. 

Chelsea Wolfe is a BMX-ing Shred Girl IRL - Shred Girls

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Cherry Pie Advocacy

The fight for access and acceptance and being recognized with humanity is a struggle that is as American as cherry pie. 

The time is now to step up and advocate for the rights and dignity of the trans community in sports and society. 

Chelsea is earning her trip to Tokyo, and she needs and deserves all the support in the world. 

We don’t achieve equality in silos where groups fight against one another in another kind of Olympics, the oppression games. 

As famed LGBTQ activist and commentator Keith Boykin said, “it doesn’t matter which group was first oppressed, most oppressed, or identically oppressed, what matters is that no group of people should be oppressed.”

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Covers the intersection of sports, social issues, society, history, and culture. Covers Iowa Hawkeye Football and Baseball, Chicago Red Stars, Olympic Sports, and Auto Racing. Host of Beyond the Game and Game Recognize Game. Associate producer for an upcoming documentary about Coach Ricky Byrdsong, and executive producer for an upcoming podcast docuseries Reimagining a Dynasty: The Story of the Houston Comets. Credits: SB Nation Swish Appeal, MTV News, First and Pen, and The Source.

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Comments 7

  1. #America says:
    4 years ago

    So if she’s a male based on genetics, how is this any different than another male participating in qualifying for the Olympics? Liberal BS story.

  2. transwomen are men says:
    4 years ago

    another story of a mediocre male athlete who transitions and becomes a competitive athletes once competing against women. It’s really sad how many people are taken in by this postmodern, queer theory insanity. We can’t change our sex. We can, however, have any number of mental delusions and various levels of crises of identity that should be treated by love, support, care, and medical assistance…not turned into lifelong clients of the medical industrial complex. People who are gender nonconforming should be accepted for who they are, not told they are “wrong” and “in the wrong body.” In addition, we should not be removing sex-based rights for women (half the population) for a very small number of men who have mental health issues. We should also not be abusing children by encouraging them to make permanent changes before they reach puberty. Allow children to be children–they should be playing, safely, while having loving supportive parents and community, not be given crash courses in human sexuality through the lens of genderqueer fluid nonsense and convincing people if your boy like pink he’s a girl and if your daughter likes blue she’s a boy. Rigid stereotypes in response to rigid stereotypes is not progress. Gender ideology is regressive.

  3. Jeddy says:
    4 years ago

    According to these mentally ill leftists if you disagree with a single tenet of their religious orthodoxy you are doing nothing less than “erasing their existence”. What utter bu11shit. This is why , in the words of Bill Maher, people hate Democrats.

  4. zher says:
    4 years ago

    Does she still have her nuts and bolt?

  5. Paul says:
    4 years ago

    Here’s an idea, if you as a man want to compete as a woman you need to demonstrate that you are REALLY not a man.

    Prior to entering any woman’s competition a man identifying as a woman must prove they have undergone total and complete castration. Complete removal of the scrotum, testes and penis.

    No ‘tucking’, no ‘I’m still physically a man but I identify as a woman’. If you want to compete as a woman you have to go all in.

    I guarantee 98% of these ‘trans’ athletes would bail out immediately. Based on the trans people I know the other 2%, the real trans people, would likely either agree or more likely straight out tell you it’s wrong.

  6. Billy Johnson says:
    4 years ago

    sticking feathers in your butt doesn’t make you a chicken

  7. D. O’Meara says:
    4 years ago

    With comments of a goal of burning the American flag on the podium at the Tokyo Games, this athlete should be immediately be removed from the US Olympic team, LGBTQ or not. Maybe China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, or other American-hating country would be happy to take on a new Olympic team member.

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