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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remove gender-oriented competition and instead conduct balanced classification through examination of physical traits
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@8RLVY7G3yrs3Y
Abolish gender segregation and competition categories should be based on equal level of fitness and anthropometrics. So, males and females of similar weight and body mass compete.
Yes, but a category should be made for them.
@8TSMMHPLiberal Democrat3yrs3Y
Up to whoever runs the event
@8TS8Z9DIndependent3yrs3Y
No, but there's too many nuances such as how long they have been in hormone therapy.
@8TRBJ8QIndependent3yrs3Y
Yes, however. Only in an "Opens Catagory". Where transgender athletes can compete with cis males and cis females
They should have their own class
They should have their own category to compete in
Post puberty, depending on the governing body of the sport. Physical contact sports should almost always be restricted to biological gender.
@9JXT3ZTAnimal Justice1mo1MO
Yes, as long as the sport in question is not a physical contact sport where there is possible injury to the other players.
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gender, race, age, disability, background should not matter. All people can compete against all people, the best is the best.
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all athletes should be able to compete againt anyone. Gender, age, build, background etc is not relevent, the best are the best.
@9HCXTZW4mos4MO
No, instead, leave the athlete teams as they are, and create sports events specifically made for transgender people.
@9GCJTQZ5mos5MO
They should only be allowed to compete in male categories regardless of their biological sex because of hormone use
@9G6YC256mos6MO
This should be assessed case by case when an individual in this category wishes to compete. There are too many unique factors person to person in this type of decision
@9G3HCKJ6mos6MO
Yes, and hormone levels wildly fluctuate even between cis athletes so hormone levels should not be a requirement
@9DXX5WN7mos7MO
Give them their own space to compete, that way everyone is happier.
@9C48LFZ10mos10MO
they should not even mention they are transgender. if they are assigned female at birth but transitioned to Male, they are Male.
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At a professional level it should be determined case by case.
@99YKMSG1yr1Y
Sports should be based on weight and strength more than sex and gender
@99Y6CNL1yr1Y
No, we should divide athletes according to weight class not gender
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Yes, unless it is at a major competitive level, and they must have been transitioning for at 6 months.
Remove male & female seperated sports, measure athletes by hormone level
No, but they should compete in a universal category where anyone can compete
@992SK6M1yr1Y
when it comes to school sports and non-competitive sports, there shouldn't be regulations. But when it comes to professional sports, maybe there should be.
Yes, all trans people should be given the same rights and opportunities as cisgender people.
@98Z4LKW1yr1Y
It should be via weight/height, or the olympics need to set up a gender neutral/all-gender category
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I think that they should be given their own, non-binary category.
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No make individual trans leagues make it fair for everyone
@98562JR1yr1Y
Depends on age and if its professional or amateur
Why not have transgender categories in their own right?
@96RPD2F1yr1Y
There should be a transgender section in sports
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Transgender Athletes should compete in their own category, as when they compete in sports with biologically male or female players, it gives them an unfair advantage based on their performance
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transgender athletes should compete against transgender athletes
The more competitive, like states, the more regulated it should be. Trans people are not the same physically as neither their sex assigned at birth or their gender they identify with.
@95GWX8H2yrs2Y
Yes, but not at the highest levels
No, this would devalue women's divisions as transgender women who have experienced a male puberty have a distinct advantage against cisgender women.
@937PQG52yrs2Y
More research is required
It should highly depend on the type of sport
@935TZNM2yrs2Y
They should have their own group
@9353BBF2yrs2Y
Yes; transgender women athletes, who maintain, long term, serum testosterone levels within the normal range, of cisgender women athletes, should be permitted to compete within the gender category for which they identify.
@934YFGV2yrs2Y
We need to create a new sport category for 'other' or 'everyone else' or for all those that differ from birth sex. Woman have spent generations creating womans sport cause men are naturally better at physical things. How many transgender men (originally woman) wanna play mens sport?? -none cause they'll lose no matter how equal their hormone levels are. What about the trans people that are only trans in mind and dont wanna change their bodies fit in? -they dont. If trans people wanna play sport they gotta accept theyre different. If trans people get to play in womans… Read more
Yes but only if everyone has there levels tested before completing
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