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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Response rates from 422 Calgary Skyview voters.
49% Yes |
51% No |
36% Yes |
42% No |
13% Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete |
6% No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate |
3% No, create a separate category for transgender athletes to compete against each other |
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Unique answers from Calgary Skyview voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8C97BVP5yrs5Y
Athletes should not be divided by gender but instead divided by their weight, height, muscle mass, etc.
@8S983CP4yrs4Y
Abolish gender specific events
@8DJ2XMT5yrs5Y
There should be a transgender category in athletic competition
@9DQX6M32yrs2Y
Abolish gender segregated sports, the implications that someone is the best at "Women's ___" is insulting anyway even if we've all grown adjusted to concept. Injuries happen regardless and sports have become far less rough as time goes on. The question of transgender participation has only highlighted how outdated this concept is.
@8VC37H44yrs4Y
They should change the way people are chosen to compete against each other, such as weight/strength/height/etc
@9F9VJ4Z2yrs2Y
No it ruins sports, goes against human biology, endangers women, takes away opportunities for women to be represented.
@B46V7MR4wks4W
No, and there is no such thing as "Transgender". Gender is typically used to describe the behaviour of individuals, and is often described using the Marxist word "performitivity" (whether or not they act out male-specific sex stereotypes or female-specific sex stereotypes). Transgender is a failed re-branding of Transsexualism and is offensive to common sense. The motte and bailey of "we just want tolerance and for you to respect our pronouns" vs. "you must agree a trans woman is a real woman" is a non starter for most rational minded adults. No person was ever born in the wrong body. The cult must be stopped
@9KNY5GS1yr1Y
Yes, I’m a open category allowed to any gender. Male and female categories should remain consistent in their application to those born with that biological sex.
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