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 moreResponse rates from 36.1k Canada voters.
58% Yes |
42% No |
42% Yes |
32% No |
16% Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete |
10% No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate |
0% No, create a separate category for transgender athletes to compete against each other |
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Unique answers from Canada voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8DJ2XMT4yrs4Y
There should be a transgender category in athletic competition
@8C97BVP4yrs4Y
Athletes should not be divided by gender but instead divided by their weight, height, muscle mass, etc.
@8S983CP3yrs3Y
Abolish gender specific events
@8SD9G5B3yrs3Y
Yes, but only with other transgender athletes of the same sex at birth and gender identity
@8F7WGJN4yrs4Y
should compete with transgender athletes of same chosen sex only because of certain advantages.
@8V2R5R83yrs3Y
I think transgender athletes should have their own league
@8V2PWZC3yrs3Y
This is a difficult question, but I feel that in extreme cases, an athlete has the opportunity to fake being transgender only to have an upper hand in opposing sport events. I lean towards no.
@8VMZSPX3yrs3Y
Sure, but as the sex on their birth certificate. Not the sex they identify as. Born male, compete against males. Born female, compete against females.
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