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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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 @8DJ2XMTfrom Quebec  answered…5yrs5Y

There should be a transgender category in athletic competition

 @B3ZWX6Yfrom Quebec  answered…4wks4W

Yes, females transitioning to males should be allowed, however males transitioning to females should not.

 @B343YHTfrom Quebec  answered…2mos2MO

If a guy who identifies as a women wants to compete in women’s sports, he should not be allowed because you have to physically look like the sex that you identify with or else it is not fair.

 @8H6JLM3from Quebec  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, but against other trans athletes competing at the same level to prevent any unfair advantages that cis or trans athletes could have.

 @8GZF46NPeople’sfrom Quebec  answered…5yrs5Y

This is a societal issue, not a government issue.

 @9WHRDPNfrom Quebec  answered…6mos6MO

for pro and international sporting leagues it's up to the governing bodies to decide no government involvement at all... in schools females in sports has been a thing for decades and we are just fine

 @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.

 @8VMDBFTPeople’sfrom Quebec  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, however, they should have a division solely for those who are Trans as to not muddy the waters.

 @8TWV6HMfrom Quebec  answered…4yrs4Y

let leagues decide.

 @mrmustacheofrom Quebec  answered…5yrs5Y

Allow leagues to deciede

 @8S8WJ58People’sfrom Quebec  answered…4yrs4Y

This is not my problem

 @997CMSMfrom Quebec  answered…2yrs2Y

Competition shouldn't be based on sex or gender but on attributes relevant to the competition.

 @9BT5HTFfrom Quebec  answered…2yrs2Y

Give transgender men and women their own categories.

 @9BKSCBLConservativefrom Quebec  answered…2yrs2Y

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

 @92NRJM9from Quebec  answered…3yrs3Y

just get rid of gendered sports

 @928YRQKfrom Quebec  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but only youth transgender athletes.

 @8Y4YDJTfrom Quebec  answered…3yrs3Y

Regardless, categorizing athletes by gender is irrelevant, instead, athletes should be categorized by various other biological/physical characteristics

 @8VTP6H3from Quebec  answered…4yrs4Y

no because men are typically stronger and faster than women as an example

 @8VVNM86Liberalfrom Quebec  answered…4yrs4Y

Their own lgbt games

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