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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@8TVX24MNew Democratic4yrs4Y
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We should implement a qualifying process. The athletes are paired against each other based on ability rather than gender
@9V5X36N 7mos7MO
Transgender athletes should most certainly be allowed to compete against other athletes that differ from their sex assigned at birth IF they have not gone through a puberty of their sex assigned at birth. For example if a transgender girl begins transitioning at a young age and never goes through a male puberty, then she absolutely should be allowed to complete in women's sports against other women. Sex and gender is much more complex than just hormones.
They should be treated just like everyone else, because the only thing that's different is there love life.
@9VSJFQ86mos6MO
Make a mixed gender competition for the sake of allowing men, women, and trans people to compete in the same competition knowing full well they may be at risk of being ahead or behind the others competing
@8VJF2HT4yrs4Y
Yes with exceptions to be made in combat sports. A distinction should be made based on when someone transitioned (pre vs post-puberty) and current levels of hormones.
@8KQTGM34yrs4Y
Add new categories for trans athletes.
@99WWQM42yrs2Y
No because if a boy becomes a girl they still have a musile and strangth advanteg
@98H9H852yrs2Y
There should be no gender separation in sports, and other criteria should be used to regulate teams, such as height and weight
@8VLS9K24yrs4Y
Yes, but under conditions that would make it fair
@95TJW433yrs3Y
Yes by adding a third sports category which is any gender, and segmented by body size
@8Y2WVZV3yrs3Y
No, it gives an unfair advantage/disadvantage due to their biological chemistry.
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