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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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 @B3QLCP3from Ontario  answered…1mo1MO

Yes, but must be grouped with athletes of similar performance (for example on weight lifting, the trans athlete will be grouped with athletes who can lift a similar weight)

 @B2J3VBFfrom Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

It is not fair for biological women so no. They should have their own categories. But sure for people who transitioned from female to male since they do not have the same unfair advantage.

 @8TVWQNLfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

They should have their own category: Men, Women, Trans.

 @8VJH429from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but have them compete against other transgender athletes in their own athletic events.

 @8VBS94Dfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, in their own category ("transgender"), separate from men and women

 @8PYFGKYfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

yes but for trans people in the same category as them only.

 @8J8HKFYfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

yes but they must be in their own category in athletics.

 @8VXNF4Hfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Their should be events that are meant for a transgender man and for a transgender woman

 @8TMZRBVfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Leave it to the sporting organization

 @8ZX3GXZConservativefrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

Not a government decision to make

 @8WWF4NGfrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

trans gender people shouldn't exist

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