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

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.

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@9FVZJ8Gfrom Ontario disagreed…3yrs3Y

Trans-woman will still have the body type and hormones of a man, it would not be fair to the women who have worked for years and years to enter athletic tournam…

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@9FW287Tfrom Alberta disagreed…3yrs3Y

Transgender athletes grew up physically like other guys, imagine letting a Mike Tyson type fighter into a boxing ring with a female, that female is going to die…

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@B7JV47Pfrom Alberta disagreed…7mos7MO

Men are biologically stronger and even after transitioning hold an unfair advantage, taking away woman’s chance is sports they fought so hard for in the past.

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@9FNNBJ4from Illinois disagreed…3yrs3Y

It specifically targets trans women, because they "are biologically stronger and have higher levels of testosterone" but a) that is rather sexist, saying women…

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@B7P95DZfrom Ontario disagreed…7mos7MO

No, I don't think that transgender athletes should be allowed to participate with their biological gender. It is not fair that a transgender person is in the sa…

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41% Yes	59% No
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12% Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete	4% No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate
	4% No, create a separate category for transgender athletes to compete against each other

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@8C97BVPfrom Ontario answered…6yrs6Y

Athletes should not be divided by gender but instead divided by their weight, height, muscle mass, etc.

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@8S983CPfrom Alberta answered…5yrs5Y

Abolish gender specific events

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@8DJ2XMTfrom Quebec answered…6yrs6Y

There should be a transgender category in athletic competition

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@9DQX6M3from Nova Scotia answered…3yrs3Y

Abolish gender segregated sports, the implications that someone is the best at "Women's ___" is insulting anyway even if we've all grown adjusted to concept. Injuries happen regardless and sports have become far less rough as time goes on. The question of transgender participation has only highlighted how outdated this concept is.

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@B46V7MRfrom Alberta answered…1yr1Y

No, and there is no such thing as "Transgender". Gender is typically used to describe the behaviour of individuals, and is often described using the Marxist word "performitivity" (whether or not they act out male-specific sex stereotypes or female-specific sex stereotypes). Transgender is a failed re-branding of Transsexualism and is offensive to common sense. The motte and bailey of "we just want tolerance and for you to respect our pronouns" vs. "you must agree a trans woman is a real woman" is a non starter for most rational minded adults. No person was ever born in the wrong body. The cult must be stopped

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@9KNY5GSfrom Ontario answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, I’m a open category allowed to any gender. Male and female categories should remain consistent in their application to those born with that biological sex.