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 more56% Yes |
44% No |
34% Yes |
33% No |
22% Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete |
11% No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate |
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Unique answers from UK users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@8XHBXPB2yrs2Y
Athletes should compete based on ability, not gender.
@93V7YYR2yrs2Y
This depends on the sport.
@8TBWFR73yrs3Y
Weight, height, and muscle mass brackets should define who competes in which category
@8TBNC6G3yrs3Y
Yes. Sports should be separated based on physical categories, such as weight classes in wrestling, rather than sex or gender.
@8T3Z7LC3yrs3Y
No, not yet; the psysiological advantages of male puberty despite hormonal changes during transition, have yet to be shown to be sufficiently mitigated and thus, this represents an unfair advantage for trans women.
@8K2D9MC4yrs4Y
Transgender men have no biological advantage so there is no issue so they can compete but if a transgender female has been through male puberty she will always have an advantage even if her hormone levels are the same. It’s a case by case scenario for trans females. If she has not been through male puberty then I don’t see the issue.
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