Plymouth's swimming star Sharron Davies has appeared on Good Morning Britain (GMB) today to further debate whether transgender women should be able to compete in female sports.

The 56-year-old sparked a huge discussion on Friday with her controversial tweet on the issue which has since been retweeted more than 4,500 times.


This morning she appeared on GMB to discuss the topic of: 'Do trans athletes have an advantage?'

The Olympic medalist said she wasn't persuaded by Sociology professor Ellis Cashmore's theory that he believes 'sport should adapt to accept transgender athletes and embrace inclusivity' - with Ms Davies saying it would 'create an unequal playing field'.

Also appearing on the show, Prof Cashmore said: "Inclusivity means that we assign the person to whatever event their present day sex suggests they should compete in."

But the Plymouth-born swimming star didn't agree.

She said: "I think that's the argument really isn't it - I think there's the word gender and there's the word sex and I think sex means the biological sex you were born into and that is going to affect you for the rest of your life as that is your DNA - your XY chromosomes or XX chromosomes and you're not going to lose that whatever you're given or whatever you suppress."

Sharron Davies
Sharron Davies

After her tweet, Ms Davies stressed that she had nothing against transgender people but wanted the authorities to discuss the issue.
