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…
Read more64% Yes |
36% No |
50% Yes |
28% No |
14% Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete |
7% No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate |
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Unique answers from Germany users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@9JFZW8Z3mos3MO
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.
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