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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Trans women should not compete with real women. Trans men are allowed to compete with real men because they have no advantage unlike trans women.
@8LSW2WV3yrs3Y
No, and transgenders should be punished
@99G969V1yr1Y
Let's forget gender and make categories based on hormone levels if it's such a bug issue for people.
@99D45WH1yr1Y
No, it would be cheating.
@973R3GG1yr1Y
No, trans athletes shall have a third, separate trans league
@95XWQRB2yrs2Y
There should be two gender options, Female and Other.
Yes, AND I believe its important to not exclude cis women from sports due to naturally high testosterone levels, such as when they have PCOS or other endocrine illnesses. They are women after all, and I think its unfair to exclude cis women just to have some metric to keep trans people away from mainstream sports.
@93HYSJW2yrs2Y
Yes, and gender categories in sports should be fully abolished.
@8V6XYSB3yrs3Y
No, they should be jailed
@8V6RSLM3yrs3Y
Only when a separate category is created for Transgender athletes. Allowing biological males to compete in women's sports is not fair.
@8TKC2SFFree Democratic3yrs3Y
It's up to the hosts and viewers to make rules that seem fun to them.
@8TJVZ833yrs3Y
No, athletes who identify as other should have to compete extra qualification to determine their appropriate class
@9CJ84GQAlliance ’90/Greens10mos10MO
Yes if they show no advantage, but no if they over perform.
@9BG36571yr1Y
There should be seperate categories for transgender athletes
@9BCRB761yr1Y
Due to the testing in sports, it's a given that these athletes are not "stealth". As such, there should be new categories applied to give transgender people the same opportunities as cisgendered people to showcase their passions in their sport of choice.
@99JNDJD1yr1Y
They should compete in their own category that of a transgender category
@892HFDV2yrs2Y
No, they should be banned from competing altogether
@7PTCG382yrs2Y
No, a separate category should be created in which transgender athletes compete against other transgender athletes of their current sex
@8CDY44Q2yrs2Y
No, there should be separate categories of competition for transgender athletes.
@94267X22yrs2Y
No and ban "Sex reassignment surgery"
@9425J2G2yrs2Y
A professional sport is played by professionals. It should not have any part in politics what so ever and should be left to the respected sports companies.
@93VWQKP2yrs2Y
No, but allow transgender athletes to compete in their own sections just for trans-men and trans-women
@93ZP8QG2yrs2Y
Yes, but only for those participating in non-professional sports and whose hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete. I believe that transgender women should not be allowed to compete on gender-based teams in high-stakes competitions such as the Olympics. According to current research, even after undergoing hormone therapy, trans women retain an advantage in muscle mass and strength. These long-term studies clearly show that transgender women would have a competitive advantage when participating in the female category of sport.
@363HKGJ2yrs2Y
No, but this should be up to sports organizations to enforce, not the government
@8XTK7FN2yrs2Y
This question isn't relevant to political beliefs. Professional sports standards are established by the private institutions that manage them
@558YLXV2yrs2Y
Individual athletic organizations should come up with their own rules on how to allow transgender athletes to participate without giving them an unfair advantage/disadvantage. The governing bodies should also have oversight committees to ensure no individual or class of athlete is unfairly burdened by these rules or policies.
@93TPNRX2yrs2Y
There should be a two spirit/ trans category
@93RQL4H2yrs2Y
Who cares. It's sports. Just make everything unisex.
@93PCGBB2yrs2Y
Yes, but in a separate league along with other transgender athletes
@92JXK3J2yrs2Y
If a trans athlete can prove that them competing will not create an unfair advantage to themselves, then yes. Otherwise competitions reserve the right to refuse them and force them to compete in their biological sex group.
@93NZ4XK2yrs2Y
Yes, in gender neutral athletic competitions
@8P8MHKS2yrs2Y
Generally not, but this will depend on the nature of the individuals transition to a different gender.
@93K5QCN2yrs2Y
Yes, but get rid of gendered sports in general if everything was merged this would be a non-issue
@93HQYDF2yrs2Y
Government should not usurp authority for determining participation rules from sports organizations.
@7NCC4DH2yrs2Y
No, transgender athletes should compete against other transgender athletes of the same transgender.
@93DS58S2yrs2Y
No, if it gives the transgender competitor an unfair advantage because because of physical size and strength. Otherwise it is okay.
@8TMFV7P2yrs2Y
No, and transgender athletes should compete in their own league
@4KMQBNC2yrs2Y
No, but allow the playing of all sports by any gender against any gender
@9366CMT2yrs2Y
Should have own league and compete against what gender they are.
@934DCZZ2yrs2Y
Keep women's sports restricted to biological females and allow transgender men and women to compete in men's sports
@9334YP32yrs2Y
There should not be any separate competitions based on sex, every athlete should compete together.
@Evilraz2yrs2Y
Yes, but only if their transition was before puberty.
@92Z8JX92yrs2Y
Regardless, this should be handled by the sports organization in question to allow or deny. The consumer can then decide to support or oppose.
@92XHZ6C2yrs2Y
a trans man should be playing a mans sport not a girl sport
@92XJ8SQ2yrs2Y
Transgender athletes should compete in their own divisions
@92XHX9V2yrs2Y
depends based on physical equity
Deleted2yrs2Y
Shouldn't be a choice by government
@LiamHal786386402yrs2Y
No and transitioning should be illegal
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