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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Abolish gender specific events
@8V4DHL24yrs4Y
Why would we do that? Gender exists .
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We should base it off of the testosterone-estrogen hormonal difference. This would also mean wed have more than one category.
@9H6GJSN1yr1Y
As long as the regulations and issues such as change rooms and such as connected to, be regulated properly and that common sense is still followed I believe it should be allowed however, I do feel that there will be a disadvantage in some sectors.
No, there should be a different category for transgender individuals.
Yes, but they should be encouraged to take medication and drugs that help their hormone levels match those in the gender category they compete in.
If women who are transitioning into man want to compete that is fine but man transitioning into a women should not be allowed to as they have a physiological advantage
Yes, and science should be reconstructed based around men and women's biological capabilities in order to more accurately inform sports on how to separate athletes based on ability capacity. As we continue research on gender and sexuality, it is becoming more apparent that historical research that created our "facts" around these subjects has been significantly biased in order to serve those in positions of power, further segregating and categorizing individuals to a false dichotomy.
A new class division should be opened for trans women and trans men
@9RC7RVY9mos9MO
Trans men should be able to compete in men's categories, but trans women should not be able compete in women's categories unless they began transition before puberty . Even if current hormone levels are the same skeletal and muscular development in individuals that transitioned after puberty is going to give them an advantage over women biologically sexed at birth.
Athletes should compete against athletes who have the same sex biologically because of hormone levels, etc. Instead, looking into making sports team designed for those who are transgenderd would be a good idea.
They should be treated just like everyone else, because the only thing that's different is there love life.
Yes in amateur and in school events. Prrofessional sports should be able to create their own regulations.
@9FHJYW32yrs2Y
Yes, but they should have an asterisk next to their name
@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.
@8VHCLXT4yrs4Y
Yes, but only in non competitive/childhood settings
Create athletic events and programs specifically for Trans people
it should be up to the teams to decide
Yes, it is none of the governments business.
They should be allowed to compete in an open no gendered category
@8SL42554yrs4Y
It should be up to the league to decide what is appropriate.
Yes, but only in events that match the sex they were assigned at birth.
No because even if their hormone levels are equivalent they still have the skeletal structure advantage or disadvantage
@9B5PZCB2yrs2Y
This should be determined on a sport-by-sport basis to ensure no one has an unfair advantage. Their hormones should be equivalent to those of their gender category. For example, someone who identifies as female but is biologically male with the height and musculature to match might have an unfair advantage in a track event. if there is a disadvantage rather than advantage, however, there is no reason why they should not compete in their preferred gender category.
Yes. As long as the athlete has taken hormone supplements (albeit testosterone or estrogen) for more than +1 year.
Yes, if they started hormone replacement earlier in life during puberty
if they do as many tests as needed in order to prove they are of equal strength only to the opponents, a trans man would have to be as weak as the girls to compete but on the other hand transwomen can give give it their "best" shot with the dudes if they want.
Leave it to the experts to determine if such a decision could constitute an unfair advantage or disadvantage for the athlete and debate whether restraining an athlete from competing with their chosen gender could be unconstitutional - if so either banning domestic sports teams that divide us based on gender or preventing transgender athletes from competing where the outcome would be unfair and not unconstitutional.
Transgenders should compete in athletic events for transgenders only
yes in a category with other trans athletes
I do agree that they should be allowed to participate, but there should be some forms of agreement to the said person about do's and dont's. Because for instance a Trans man could identify as a woman but then potentially abuse that to make unwanted sexual advances, hence forms would be needed to be signed for both trans men and women.
@8T9WJLT4yrs4Y
only in transgender athletic events.
@8VQ45ZD4yrs4Y
Yes 100% Being transgender is not affecting anyone else, and if you choose to be a gender you are that gender.
@8VKBPPB4yrs4Y
Yes, but only if they have been that gender for a certain number of years, and pass all hormone requirements set out by the board
it doesn’t matter to me.
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