In 2016 the International Olympic committee ruled that transgender athletes can compete in the Olympics without undergoing sex reassignment surgery. In 2018 the International Association of Athletics Federations, track’s governing body, ruled that women who have more than 5 nano-mols per liter of testosterone in their blood—like South African sprinter and Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya—must either compete against men, or take medication to reduce their natural testosterone levels. The IAAF stated that women in the five-plus category have a “difference of sexual…
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@8TJ5M7B4yrs4Y
Trans-man (woman to man) should be allowed to compete, but trans-women should depend based on hormone levels because men have higher levels of hormones and different chemicals that make them stronger.
@9395BMW3yrs3Y
There should be 2 different brackets of athletics made for Transgender athletes.
@8PSZWPL4yrs4Y
Yes, Sports shouldn’t be categorized by sex
@8QFWL9B4yrs4Y
No, cisnormative gendered leagues should be abolished, there should be a general & cis-woman league then anyone can make their own with whatever regulations.
@7979QY94yrs4Y
Yes, I can only speak to MtF HRT, but going on HRT decreases muscle mass and bone density, thus effectively removing any actual differences. Honestly, I think gender classification should probably just be removed and replaced with just having sports be based on weight classification.
@7PTCG383yrs3Y
No, a separate category should be created in which transgender athletes compete against other transgender athletes of their current sex
@8QDSNZY4yrs4Y
Yes, as long as they pass the same tests that sis gendered people must pass
@8S2LJ244yrs4Y
Transgender athletes should have their own trans category.
@8S8YLW44yrs4Y
Doesn't concern the government
@8Y5H9DW3yrs3Y
Yes, athletic competition is unfair by nature as it is naturally fuelled not only by training (controllable) but also by biology (uncontrollable). Extremes are present even within the sexes. Athletics should be separated not by gender or sex, but by skill.
@7PTCG384yrs4Y
Yes, if they are over the age of 18 and their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete. Individuals under the age of 18 should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate
@Brunk4yrs4Y
Yes, as long as the particular league allows it.
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