| What's the answer on 21:22 - Mar 30 with 1103 views | Swansea_Blue |
Transgender category - job sorted. It'd be a pretty much guaranteed medal for every competitor too, so everyone's a winner.
Other than that, god knows. You'd need to have some sort of assessment of whether there's an inherent advantage based on physiological assessment I suspect. If not, then theres no issue. if there is, then I don't know what they'd do other than create another category.
It's going to e a really hard one for sporting authorities to navigate. |  |
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| What's the answer on 21:28 - Mar 30 with 1069 views | gtsb1966 |
| What's the answer on 21:22 - Mar 30 by Swansea_Blue |
Transgender category - job sorted. It'd be a pretty much guaranteed medal for every competitor too, so everyone's a winner.
Other than that, god knows. You'd need to have some sort of assessment of whether there's an inherent advantage based on physiological assessment I suspect. If not, then theres no issue. if there is, then I don't know what they'd do other than create another category.
It's going to e a really hard one for sporting authorities to navigate. |
Having read that I think my quote that some sports will have an easier decision to make than others is way off. |  | | |
| What's the answer on 21:30 - Mar 30 with 1042 views | Keno |
I’m not sure head rearing will be an issue there |  |
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| What's the answer on 21:39 - Mar 30 with 1017 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| What's the answer on 21:28 - Mar 30 by gtsb1966 |
Having read that I think my quote that some sports will have an easier decision to make than others is way off. |
There are some sports where there is unlikely any advantage and men are already allowed to compete with women - e.g. darts. No problem there.
Aside from that, the rules appear to be that for a transgender woman to compete they will need to demonstrate testosterone levels below an acceptable limit for a set number of years before competing. Those have tended to be the rules for competing as a woman since the physical examinations stopped. The question is how many years is a reasonable timescale and does growing up with the higher testosterone levels still give any advantage at point of competing?
Ultimately, not everyone gets to compete at elite sport. If transitioning has prevented them from competing, is it that much different from those who are prevented by injury, natural physique, genetic make-up, etc.? The alternative of a special transgender category could work for some sports if they are popular enough to attract sufficient qualifying competitors. |  |
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| What's the answer on 21:52 - Mar 30 with 959 views | Illinoisblue |
Trans people deserve to have their own competitions and tournaments. |  |
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| What's the answer on 21:54 - Mar 30 with 947 views | Swansea_Blue |
| What's the answer on 21:39 - Mar 30 by Nthsuffolkblue |
There are some sports where there is unlikely any advantage and men are already allowed to compete with women - e.g. darts. No problem there.
Aside from that, the rules appear to be that for a transgender woman to compete they will need to demonstrate testosterone levels below an acceptable limit for a set number of years before competing. Those have tended to be the rules for competing as a woman since the physical examinations stopped. The question is how many years is a reasonable timescale and does growing up with the higher testosterone levels still give any advantage at point of competing?
Ultimately, not everyone gets to compete at elite sport. If transitioning has prevented them from competing, is it that much different from those who are prevented by injury, natural physique, genetic make-up, etc.? The alternative of a special transgender category could work for some sports if they are popular enough to attract sufficient qualifying competitors. |
Interesting last paragraph. I suspect there'd be a bit of pushback based on non-discrimination. That could end up being super contentious.
It's heck of a mindfield isn't it? How do you balance the undeniable right for someone to become their true self versus potential physiological and therefore competitive advantage? I'm glad it's not me setting the rules. As to you say, how do you define thresholds based on time criteria. I don't know enough about the science, but I'd expect it's still fairly embryonic and evolving.
It's going to be a bumpy ride for trans people for a while I suspect. Johnson raising trans issues in the HoC and weaponising them for political gain won't help in the slightest. Let's just hope that even if it becomes a political battleground that the sports authorities stay away from all that and focus on the evidence and finding a way of ensuring trans athletes can compete in some way or form. | |
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| What's the answer on 22:06 - Mar 30 with 905 views | Ftnfwest |
Do the same thing as certain award ceremonies and do away with men’s and women’s sports to just have one event or competition in each sport for all comers. |  | | |
| What's the answer on 22:14 - Mar 30 with 884 views | HARRY10 |
You compete as whatever you were born as. Blunt but unequivocal. |  | | |
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| What's the answer on 22:22 - Mar 30 with 855 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| What's the answer on 22:06 - Mar 30 by Ftnfwest |
Do the same thing as certain award ceremonies and do away with men’s and women’s sports to just have one event or competition in each sport for all comers. |
You do realise that in most cases what you are saying means abolish women's sport? There are very few sports on which women can compete on an equal footing with men.
I presume you were only being tongue-in-cheek anyway. | |
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| What's the answer on 00:08 - Mar 31 with 745 views | factual_blue |
| What's the answer on 22:14 - Mar 30 by HARRY10 |
You compete as whatever you were born as. Blunt but unequivocal. |
You have to compete as a baby? |  |
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