Lance Armstrong teases docuseries on trans in sports and chat with Caitlyn Jenner to air Monday

Disgraced cycling legend Lance Armstrong is linking up with Caitlyn Jenner in a new docuseries to discuss the contentious issue of transgender athletes in sports. 

Armstrong posted to Twitter late last night revealing a clip of The Forward traveling to Jenner’s Malibu home for a discussion on the issue which continues to rage throughout the sports world. 

‘I think, you know, with sensitive conversations and topics like this… it really comes to [people are] afraid to be fired, shamed or canceled,’ Armstrong said en route to Jenner’s residence in the clip. 

‘Turns out I’m not that afraid of that. I think it’s an important conversation and, especially if it can be handled in this way. And I also think the best way to have these conversations and get to a smarter conclusion, or even have a smarter conversation is just to go in fearless. And I’m sort of fearless on this one.

‘Have we really come to a time and place where spirited debate is not only frowned upon, but feared? Where people’s greatest concern is being fired, shamed or cancelled? As someone all too familiar with this phenomenon, I feel I’m uniquely positioned to have these conversations.

Armstrong, once the most revered cyclist, became disgraced after he admitted to using PEDs 

Of all the controversial and polarizing subjects out there today, I’m not sure there are any as heated as the topic of Trans athletes in sport.’

Armstrong, who won seven consecutive Tour de France titles from 1999-2005 before they were stripped due to doping, believes there is need for greater discourse on the issue.

‘Is there not a world in which one can be supportive of the transgender community and curious about the fairness of Trans athletes in sport yet not be labeled a transphobe or a bigot as we ask questions? Do we yet know the answers? And do we even want to know the answers?

‘I do. Hence these conversations… a special series of The Forward, beginning Monday, where I dive into this issue with an open mind in an attempt learn as much as possible from all sides of the debate.

‘I truly hope you enjoy this series. And I hope that for those who have been reluctant to have this conversation, this somehow feels safe. Be fearless.’

Jenner has been a strong proponent of transgender athletes being kept out of women’s sports. The biological male, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, won golf for the U.S. at the 1976 Olympics Games in Men’s Decathlon. 

‘It’s not about excluding transgender women from winning ever, but it is about not allowing them to win when they were not anywhere near winning as men,’ Jenner said in 2022. 

‘I don’t think biological boys should compete in women’s sports — we have to protect women’s sports.’

Lia Thomas, a biological male, won a national championship after switching to women’s events

Lia Thomas’ NCAA swimming title has become a perpetually-used example as to why women’s sports needs to be solely for biological women. 

Much like Thomas, CeCe Telfer failed to accrue any success competing as a male college athlete before identifying as a transgender woman and ultimately winning an NCAA title in the 400m hurdles in 2019. 

More recently, there have been examples of biological boys winning girls events at younger levels. 

In February, a federal appeals court  reinstated a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, two months after a three-judge panel upheld the rules.