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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

 @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.

 @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

 @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.

 @fjamalConservativefrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

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

 @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

 @6HDD83R from California  answered…4yrs4Y

No, only heterosexual and asexual Males, females and intersex people who identify as either cisgender or non-binary be allowed to compete in athletic events

 @8Z6PZKW from Louisiana  answered…3yrs3Y

I don’t care about this question

 @8ZLY28T from Colorado  answered…3yrs3Y

NO, except for people that Transition from females to males, all trans gender's should compete in the men's division.

 @IINXMP from Pennsylvania  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, because the federal government doesn't have the jurisdiction to say otherwise.

  @8XVVHDP from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

No, transgender athletes should compete against other transgender athletes in order to keep competition fair

 @8PK9VSH from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, they should compete... along side peers of their same biological sex.

 @7ZL7KQZ from Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

No, They should make events for transgendered athletes instead

 @892HFDV from Minnesota  answered…3yrs3Y

No, they should be banned from competing altogether

 @8BYLJPN from North Carolina  answered…5yrs5Y

No, for safety reasons, they should compete with their biological sex.

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