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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@8TWV79Z4yrs4Y
unilateral treatment in this question is problematic. The benefit of M to F is far greater than M to F
@8GZ4XM95yrs5Y
Remove genders from sports.
I think these decisions should be researched by medical professionals to assess the fairest competition for all
@8VRQ3BYNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Yes, based on analysis of physical risk to the competing team/person.
@8RG6SG34yrs4Y
I feel it depends on what sport a trangender is participating in.
@8L4BMSM4yrs4Y
An event should be created for them
@9395BMW3yrs3Y
There should be 2 different brackets of athletics made for Transgender athletes.
@7Y4W5GH3yrs3Y
Yes, it should be based on weight not gender
@8CDY44Q3yrs3Y
No, there should be separate categories of competition for transgender athletes.
@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.
@6T6Y4L24yrs4Y
Yes, but also make separate divisions for transgender athletes who haven't undergone hormone therapy
@Brunk4yrs4Y
Yes, as long as the particular league allows it.
@8PSZWPL4yrs4Y
Yes, Sports shouldn’t be categorized by sex
@8TJ998K4yrs4Y
Yes, but they should have their own athletic events separate from men or women.
@4SNPK4B3yrs3Y
Yes, as long as they have been reasonably assessed to not have an unfair advantage due to being transgender
@VikkiRoxxOk3yrs3Y
Start their own transgender competitions and leagues.
@MilesBHuff4yrs4Y
No, only if they never experienced a natural puberty
@8QDSNZY4yrs4Y
Yes, as long as they pass the same tests that sis gendered people must pass
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