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

No 18 Yes 2 No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate 12 Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete 5

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… development.” The ruling cited a 2017 study by French researchers as proof that female athletes with testosterone closer to men do better in certain events: 400 meters, 800 meters, 1,500 meters, and the mile. "Our evidence and data show that testosterone, either naturally produced or artificially inserted into the body, provides significant performance advantages in female athletes," said IAAF President Sebastian Coe in a statement.

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@9FVZJ8Gfrom Ontario disagreed…2yrs2Y

Trans-woman will still have the body type and hormones of a man, it would not be fair to the women who have worked for years and years to enter athletic tournam…

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@9FW287Tfrom Alberta disagreed…2yrs2Y

Transgender athletes grew up physically like other guys, imagine letting a Mike Tyson type fighter into a boxing ring with a female, that female is going to die…

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@9FNNBJ4from Illinois disagreed…2yrs2Y

It specifically targets trans women, because they "are biologically stronger and have higher levels of testosterone" but a) that is rather sexist, saying women…

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@8T3T55Pfrom Ontario commented…4yrs4Y

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

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@8PWLPJSfrom British Columbia answered…3yrs3Y

No, they should compete in races that are dedicated to transgender people, so it's absolutely fair.

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@3WJLKCGanswered…4yrs4Y

Yes, this should be the decision of the hosts of the competitions, not a government mandate

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@8RSTXFT from Arizona answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only if it is certain that they do not have an unfair advantage against other athletes.

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@3M775G2answered…5yrs5Y

No, Transgender females will have had years or decades of male horomones during their early lives. This results in a severe inequality of phyiscal ability.