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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@7TBHR2C4yrs4Y
Yes, but it’s really up to the sports organizations and whether audiences watch it.
@8Q736JS4yrs4Y
Yes, but they should compete in a separate category
@8QF4T5C4yrs4Y
Yes, but if it occurs that the person makes the decision to revert back to their biological gender in the future, any awards, titles, championships, prize monies, etc earned as a result of their competing as their formerly identified gender, will need to be forfeited (including team titles, championships, etc.)
@6K36GJH4yrs4Y
Yes, but in a separate transgender (non-binary) event.
@8TJ998K4yrs4Y
Yes, but they should have their own athletic events separate from men or women.
@92JXK3J3yrs3Y
If a trans athlete can prove that them competing will not create an unfair advantage to themselves, then yes. Otherwise competitions reserve the right to refuse them and force them to compete in their biological sex group.
@5JDNH7C5yrs5Y
No, trans women have a physical advantage over Women
@MilesBHuff4yrs4Y
No, only if they never experienced a natural puberty
@7NCC4DH3yrs3Y
No, transgender athletes should compete against other transgender athletes of the same transgender.
@7NCC4DH4yrs4Y
Yes, but transgender sports should be a separate category from Men's and Women's sports. Add Trans-Men and Trans-Women as separate categories.
@8RB2K9D4yrs4Y
No, unless they get sex reassignment surgery, biological men, for example, have advantages over biological women in women's sports
@8RB2K9D4yrs4Y
No, only if their hormone levels are the same as the gender they identify with. It is proven that biological men, for example, have advantages over biological women in women's sports
@8XD6BY63yrs3Y
No, but we should create separate sections for transgender males and transgender females to compete in instead
@8XD6BY63yrs3Y
No, but we should create separate sections for transgender males and transgender females to compete in instead.
@93DS58S3yrs3Y
No, if it gives the transgender competitor an unfair advantage because because of physical size and strength. Otherwise it is okay.
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