In the U.S. rules vary from state to state. In Idaho, Nebraska, Indiana, North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas students must play on the team that matches their birth certificate, have undergone surgery or have had extended hormone therapy. The NCAA requires one year of testosterone suppression. In February 2019 Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) asked Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to investigate USA Powerlifting over its rule barring biological males from competing in women’s events. 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 development.” The ruling cited a 2017 study by French researchers as proof that female athletes with testosterone closer to men do better in certain events: 400 meters, 800 meters, 1,500 meters, and the mile. "Our evidence and data show that testosterone, either naturally produced or artificially inserted into the body, provides significant performance advantages in female athletes," said IAAF President Sebastian Coe in a statement.
@ISIDEWITH4yrs
No
@button_down_roya… 3mos
Why? Who is it hurting?
@98XH2BPRepublican 3 days
IT IS HURTING ALL THE ATHLETES FEMALE ATHLETES THAT HAVE TRAINED SO HARD. BOYS ARE NATURALLY STRONGER AND FASTER, SO IT IS NOT FAIR AT ALL FOR THEM TO DOMINATE THE FEMALE SPORTS. THEY ARE SWITCHING THEIR GENDER TO WIN BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT FAST ENOUGH IN THERE OWN GENDER’S GROUP.
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@ISIDEWITH4yrs
Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete
@94Z37B45mos
No,athletes should compete based on their biological sex.
No, transgender athletes should have their own category because of the hormonal and physiological differences
@8SKKHSB2yrs
Transgender people aren't necessarily hormonal or physiologically distinct. Not all trans people medically transition. Furthermore, intersex people may identify as their assigned gender but still require hormone therapy, making them cisgender people on HRT (it's more common than you might expect, many cis men and cis women have hormonal problems that require medical treatment or surgery). Trans people and cis people aren't really all that different. That you think they are reveals your transphobia.
@98ZNLRF2hrs
They should be in a Unisex league
Add unisex competitions
@98Z3ZW524hrs
Gender based sports divisions should be replaced by skill based sport divisions
@98YY5HK1 day
No, transgender individuals should compete against other transgender individuals.
@98YNSS31 day
Yes, but sports competitions should be decided on skill/ability rather than gender.
@98YMDBKProgressive1 day
Yes, but only if they have fully transitioned and are clearly not at a large advantage due to the fact that they were a male before transitioning.
@98YKXQD1 day
Not until science shows that the hormone levels enable a level playing field.
@98YJK6B2 days
No, creation of separate transition or trans-league
@98YHWGH2 days
Yes, as long as they have started hormone treatment and are surgically transitioning
@98YFGRZ2 days
I'm not entirely sure what to choose for this question.
@98Y5YM42 days
Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes since males have different genetics than females.
Yes, hormone levels differ in every person, they should not affect if someone is able to play or not.
@98XWP7Z3 days
Yes, but only if trans women haven't gone through male puberty.
@98XVFHC3 days
Yes, but only if their hormones and body is equivalent to their competition. So they transitioned before puberty hit for males.
@98XTM993 days
they should be in their own area (or the Yes,... answer)
@98XTL233 days
Yes, but i prefer for all athletes to compete based on physical ability regardless of gender
@98XRH883 days
No, transgender people give up their options to be athletes because they can stop people from competing against their own biological sex
@98XQ89Q3 days
Yes, but only trans men,who objectively, will usually have a disadvantage compared to cis men. The opposite is true for trans women.
@98X792M4 days
Decision should be made by the Organizations of the sport
I would leave this issue up to trans people alone to decide what is the correct course of action.
@98X22GK5 days
No, but transgender and female athletes should be allowed to compete against male athletes if they so chose to.
@98WZ4JH5 days
@98WSWBYIndependent6 days
yes, if levels are equivalent and start with sports like soccer and tennis, and intramurals in schools.
@98WMC576 days
no, but lets make a new section called the transgender section in order to make less sexist
@98W7CKQ1wk
Those who have or have had male levels of testosterone should compete against males. Other than this, gender identity can be the dividing line
@98W2G3T1wk
Sports should be divided up by 2 levels of physical capability rather than gender
Transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete in sports, since they have to take hormones artificially and can not produce them naturally they are technically the same gender
Transgender athletes should compete with other transgender athletes in order
@98VPDX21wk
There should be a new category for transgender athletes.
No because if so i'm going to the WNBA and that's not fair.
This should be determined by Sports researchers and science, not made political.
@98TH4DV1wk
yes because we are free to do anything we want
@98TYPVB1wk
Yes, in non combat/strength based sports only if their hormone levels are equivalent to their gender category. Never in combat/ violent sports.
@98TTSNB1wk
The problem is that it is just not fair. I think there should be a whole different category. I don't really know though, it's a difficult situation
@98TR93C1wk
Yes, as long as it doesn't create an unfair advantage
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