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The Times:The looming Olympic controversy: who can compete as a woman?

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TimeLady · 10/01/2019 19:43

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-looming-olympic-controversy-who-can-compete-as-a-woman-mwvr97cqx?shareToken=45c69647a787b88d05fbe3fb4d55c7f2

A number of leading sporting organisations are reviewing their policy on transgender athletes amid concerns that men who transition to become women could receive an unfair advantage in female sport.
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The IOC has a “consensus group” working on the issue and aims to provide updated guidelines this year. The issue is separate to the debate on intersex athletes such as the South African runner Caster Semenya, who is legally challenging the IAAF’s rules that they should have chemically-lowered testosterone.

Not before time.

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GrinitchSpinach · 10/01/2019 20:30

Nothing illustrates more vividly the subordination of women than men deciding who can be one.

Hear, hear, EJennings! I want a tshirt with this on it...

EJennings · 10/01/2019 20:28

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lucasthecat · 10/01/2019 19:55

I think that either of 2 things will happen - both of which will end up being a positive outcome for women - 1) Various sports allow a range of Transwomen to compete against women - Result the world peak - trans 2) Sports start to create a set of stringent rules or block Transwomen from competing - result lots of anger from TW - lots of debate - world peak trans - At the last olympics if the TW weight lifter (ex pro male weightblifter) had won a medal - the debate would have started then

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