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Should transgender athletes be allowed to compete against athletes that differ from their assigned sex at birth?

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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 @9KNY5GSConservativefrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, I’m a open category allowed to any gender. Male and female categories should remain consistent in their application to those born with that biological sex.

 @8VMZSPXConservativefrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Sure, but as the sex on their birth certificate. Not the sex they identify as. Born male, compete against males. Born female, compete against females.

 @8R8GVD7Conservativefrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

The lines dividing athletes by gender should be erased

 @8T3T55PConservativefrom Ontario  commented…4yrs4Y

I think that’s interesting but in effect you’d just destroy women in sports

 @8TYSCT9Conservativefrom Manitoba  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, if they compete against other transgender athletes

 @Hannahgoodfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

They should make a new category

 @9V9R5P2Conservativefrom Quebec  answered…7mos7MO

I do not support that because it is not fair for females. As males, we have a stronger build by genetics, which makes it an unjust and unfair fight.

 @9T3R3V9from Alberta  answered…8mos8MO

it depends on what sport, this is because studies have shown that trans athletes excel and don't excel in different sports

 @9JXN7JSfrom British Columbia  answered…1yr1Y

I do not believe they should simply because of their biology and the fact one sex is biologically stronger than the other and would be unfair for either them or others depending what they transitioned from

 @8PHYPN9Conservativefrom Newfoundland  answered…4yrs4Y

depending on if the athlete was trans below 14

 @8VJVY5CConservativefrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Athletes can compete, but in gender they were born into.

 @8SFB3DCConservativefrom Nova Scotia  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, as their biological sex.

 @8P5Z4XLConservativefrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

They should compete in their own category not against biological gender categories

 @99W9FWNConservativefrom Ohio  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but only if they have undergone sex reassignment surgery

 @99GTJ64from British Columbia  answered…2yrs2Y

I have no idea about the science and issues surrounding this topic.

 @97T4JZCConservativefrom Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

Allow women's sport to be for strictly biological women, and any other sporting league or event to be for ANYBODY who can compete, whether cis or trans

 @94BCJHRConservativefrom British Columbia  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but go by the standard weight classes to ensure it’s fair

 @8V553TDConservativefrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

They are not allowed to compete in women's athletics

 @9BKSCBLConservativefrom Quebec  answered…2yrs2Y

I believe that there should be a category that sets appart trans athletes from the biological ones.

 @93T2SFPfrom Newfoundland  answered…3yrs3Y

it should be up to the competition's organizers and the participants can choose wither or not to participate. but In the case of the Olympics, the organizers should either have two separate category's or hold a vote to decide.

 @fjamalConservativefrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

No, a new gender identity, which is psychological, does not alter one's genetics, which is biological.

 @8ZZ2TB6from Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

To me it depends on what phase they are in when transitioning to the other gender. Let's take that one swimmer for example; he was close to irrelevant when he was a male but then switched to a female gender and immediately won a championship. Personally I don't think that's fair but, if you do go the lengths with being transgender and start changing their entire body to become a more female body type which is way different than a male body type, then I think it would be fine.

 @8ZX3GXZConservativefrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

Not a government decision to make

 @8YCLWHGConservativefrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

If the transgender athletes want to, then do so, but they can choose whether they want or don't.

 @8VSTDMFConservativefrom Nova Scotia  answered…4yrs4Y

Transgender athletes should have their own appropriate categories to compete with other transgender athletes.

 @8VSJ6X9Conservativefrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Only with other transgendwrs duh

 @8KRDCF3answered…4yrs4Y

No, they should be separated from both genders and in their own division.

 @8KRDCF3answered…4yrs4Y

No, they should be separated from both genders and put into their own division.

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