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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I am avidly disinterested in sports and so I do not care.
Transgender people can all compete in the male category, and biological females who are not transgender have their own
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Depends on potential advantage in each sport and hormone levels of the individual
Gender shouldn't matter in sports. Aka play mixed. If this means that most athletes at the top are men then so be it.
Should obviously be up to the sports organisations. So no national ban.
Trans people should compete with other trans people.
@98S5ZYX1yr1Y
Yes, but it should be decided when they are allowed to compete by the relevant international athlete association
it depends on the time of transition.
@95BZ95D2yrs2Y
Maybe change the way sports competition are organized
@94K74C72yrs2Y
We should abolish gender-based competition in sports. Just use body height/weight/bmi to sort people into weight classes or whatever.
@94DQSHX2yrs2Y
This is not a matter for the government to decide on either way
@92H28W42yrs2Y
All athletes including transgender athletes should be able to compete in weight/size classes irrespective of gender. (Like the weight/size classes used in boxing, for example.)
Yes, in their own respective leagues
@8TDSW7F3yrs3Y
Yes, but give them their own category.
@8T8GYYN3yrs3Y
Abolish gendered sports
Their own weight class.
@8NLBWFS4yrs4Y
Yes, but only in circumstances where there is no risk of biological advantage
@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
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Shouldn't be a choice by government
@LiamHal786386402yrs2Y
No and transitioning should be illegal
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