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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@9VGX5KP6mos6MO
If you are a minor with estrogen than yes, however if you are an adult and you are particapating in certain sports than no.
@9VBNYCZ7mos7MO
Yes, but only if their hormone levels are in the range required, and make the range bigger for both sexes
@9RCRJ4F9mos9MO
Allow the officials of the sport to decide in conjunction with the athletes. It’s not a government issue.
@8RXX6NZ4yrs4Y
They should have a trans league
@8VJ45NW4yrs4Y
Gender should not play a role in sports, it should be based on weight class & skill level alone.
@8SFB3DCConservative4yrs4Y
Yes, as their biological sex.
They should have they own Olympics, SON
@8PKBLYV4yrs4Y
We shouldn't categorize sports by gender but by a general range of ability.
No, athletes should compete based on their biological sex hat have been listed on their birth certificate, since the skill and physical difference is between male and female.
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
@9B2MFLL2yrs2Y
i think sports should be based on weight not gender.
@8VSTDMFConservative4yrs4Y
Transgender athletes should have their own appropriate categories to compete with other transgender athletes.
@8VSN69W4yrs4Y
Let sport regulatory bodies decide. This is not a political issue
@8VVBJJL4yrs4Y
Yes, provided they fall into the appropriate category (weight class etc..)
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