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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Response rates from 939 Left voters.
80% Yes |
20% No |
65% Yes |
16% No |
15% 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 |
0% No, create a separate category for transgender athletes to compete against each other |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 939 Left voters.
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Unique answers from Left voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8CD4GSQ4yrs4Y
Yes, and there could be a special category for them.
@9FQZCQ71yr1Y
Transgender people who have undergone surgical transition should be allowed to compete against athletes that differ from their assigned sex at birth.
@947W2VT2yrs2Y
Gender segregated sports should be abolished
@92NTJJR3yrs3Y
I dont have enough information to make a decision
@92C83TN3yrs3Y
Yes, but only if a qualified biologist allows them to compete against athletes that differ from their assigned sex at birth.
@8YYPGD53yrs3Y
Yes, but only if they are trans men not if they are trans women
@8Y7D47K3yrs3Y
Keep their seperate competition.
@8WLD3F93yrs3Y
No, they should compete with other trans people as them
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