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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@8VC37H44yrs4Y
They should change the way people are chosen to compete against each other, such as weight/strength/height/etc
My immediate stance is no, but if it's shown that no residual advantage exists post-transitioning, then I would have no issues. I imagine this would be different depending on the sport and would take time to determine, so my answer is no for now.
@B2JXBL63mos3MO
You can move up to, or stay in the male division which would be renamed open division. You can't move down into women's.
@8TYSCT9Conservative4yrs4Y
Yes, if they compete against other transgender athletes
@8TX9HRLNew Democratic4yrs4Y
women can join the men league but not the opposite
@8TX4FMD4yrs4Y
Yes, but in their own events or assign biological sexes.
@9HGBRFQ 1yr1Y
its a very yes and no because if a male to female ran against a bunch of bio women it might not be fare, same with female to male.
@9FHQKJ72yrs2Y
Women transitioned to men can compete among men, but not when men transition to women
@8PR9Y9C4yrs4Y
yes, but against other Transgender athletes
@8VHFVYK4yrs4Y
this is the role of the event organizer to decide, not the government
@987HGY72yrs2Y
Yes, and our athletic system shouldn't be segregated by gender, rather more accurate measures, such as with weight class in wrestling(?).
@97QMWCB2yrs2Y
Only so long as the competitors no that they are competing against someone who is a different sex
@96WMJ652yrs2Y
They should have their own category, example Trans female and Trans male
@8WFX23P4yrs4Y
She/he should be allowed to compete against which ever gender they would like to compete against.
@8V8D9NK4yrs4Y
Create a platform that they can compete on (one for men,women,trans women, trans men)
@95K3BRJ3yrs3Y
Transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete in competitions restricted to a single sex, but athletic competitions inclusive to everyone should by encouraged.
@8VP2PYN4yrs4Y
They should have their own competitions with other trans people
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