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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80% Yes |
20% No |
54% Yes |
15% No |
26% Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete |
5% No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate |
0% No, create a separate category for transgender athletes to compete against each other |
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@9JNGKL710mos10MO
they should compete in a category for trans athletes specifically so they can be themselves and also not unfairly outperform or underperform in sports
@93JTJXP2yrs2Y
No, and I think assigned sex is not a good parameter to define who gets to participate in a competition, hormone count and body structure seems a lot more fair.
@99YHSG42yrs2Y
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