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Should transgender athletes be allowed to compete against athletes that differ from their assigned sex at birth?

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 compe…  

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Response rates from 367k America voters.

44%
Yes
56%
No
30%
Yes
45%
No
14%
Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete
9%
No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate
2%
No, create a separate category for transgender athletes to compete against each other

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 @94Z37B4 from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

No, athletes should compete based on their biological sex.

 @8HYGV9Y from Utah  answered…6yrs6Y

They can compete but only against other trans athletes

 @8ML6FQ4 from Tennessee  answered…6yrs6Y

Yes. People are people.

 @8JGGQF2 from Texas  answered…6yrs6Y

Athletics are completely apart from politics

 @9DND6ZZ from Louisiana  answered…3yrs3Y

Create a separate division

 @8GS8ZTJ from New York  answered…6yrs6Y

I belive there should be sepeerate leauges for trans people

 @8LQJKBF from Kentucky  answered…6yrs6Y

They should have a separate group as they do not have the same hormone levels

 @8S9THXZ from Kansas  answered…5yrs5Y

No, transgender athletes should have their own category because of the hormonal and physiological differences

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