Why?
Should cis-gender athletes be allowed to take testosterone?
Is it important to competitive sport participation?
Ana Kasparian (TYT) leaves the Democratic Party; UPDATE: Ana now works for PBD on rightwing view type show, It's over
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You're saying "ignore the transgender issue and let them have their way" we're saying "ignore the transgender issue and bush their whole fight"
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You can't read. My points are 1) Leagues can make those decisions based on what they know and learn. 2) You're a creep.
What makes me a creep if your’e the one who watches more women sports than I do?
They already do in some sports
Correct. They lost TYT and most liberals. Its over.
World Athletics planning amendments to female eligibility guidelines
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February 10, 20253:32 PM ESTUpdated 2 months ago
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Feb 10 (Reuters) - World Athletics has begun a consultation period for an updated set of regulations for transgender and difference of sex development (DSD) athletes, with a cheek swab test among a number of proposals being considered, the governing body said on Monday.
In 2023, track and field's global governing body voted to ban transgender women who have gone through male puberty from competing in women's events and announced the formation of a working group to further study the issue of trans inclusion.
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In the findings announced by the working group on Monday, it said exclusively basing the regulations on whether or not an athlete had gone through male puberty was wrong.
"New evidence clarifies that there is already an athletically significant performance gap before the onset of puberty," it added.
"The childhood or pre-pubertal performance gap in the sport of athletics specifically is three to five percent in running events, and higher in throwing and jumping events.
"New evidence establishes that athletic disadvantages associated with female body structure and physiology contribute to the performance gap."
The working group laid out five recommendations, including formally affirming the design of the female category, revising eligibility regulations and adopting a pre-clearance requirement for all athletes competing in the category.
It also suggested putting female DSD athletes - like double Olympic 800-metre champion Caster Semenya - under the same set of rules as transgender athletes.
Under World Athletics' current rules, female DSD athletes must lower their level of testosterone to below 2.5 nmol/L for at least six months to compete. This can be done medically or surgically.
"The current TG regulations exclude transgender women who have experienced male puberty, while the DSD Regulations provide that XY DSD athletes with the same experience are included," the working group said.
The working group recommended the use of a sex screening method like a cheek swab or dry blood spot analysis for athletes wishing to compete in the elite female category, which would test for the male-determining SRY gene.
The consultation period for the working group's proposal began on Monday and will continue until March 5.
'CLEAR POLICIES'
World Athletics boss Sebastian Coe said it was vital for the guidelines to be updated.
"World Athletics is a leader in preserving the female category in sport and one of the first international sports federations to establish clear policies on female eligibility in elite sport...," he added.
"Preserving the integrity of competition in the female category is a fundamental principle of the sport of athletics and we look forward to this collaborative consultation process with our key stakeholders in this area."
Transgender inclusion in sport has been widely discussed in recent weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump this month signed an executive order attempting to exclude transgender girls and women from female sports.
Transgender advocacy groups say excluding trans athletes amounts to discrimination.
Critics of transgender inclusion in women's sport say going through male puberty imbues athletes with a huge musculo-skeletal advantage that transition does not mitigate.
Reporting by Aadi Nair in Nashik, India, editing by Pritha Sarkar
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I watch grown women compete in the WNBA. You watch HS girls run track and college girls swim.
It's crazy, I was trying to figure out where all the recent Cenk hate was coming from every rant when they got to issues it boiled down him backing off on trans rights. And this is a dude who is probably 90% of the way all in on the issue! I watched Jayar Jackson's clip a couple months ago, same thing. Waiting for what he must have said and it was the trans issue.Transgenders represent 0.6% of the population. Transgenders playing sports is like 0.0006% of the population.
Why are people doing on this tranny hill?
A gay white man has more of an advantage than a straight black man. A gay white Jewish man has more of an advantage over a straight black man and woman.
Democrats are cannibalizing the party over dumb shyt. Nobody is waking up thinking about a random boy in a wig and lipstick running women’s cross country. For the past year everyone has been saying women’s sports don’t matter, so why do they even care about this?
At the end of the day, my daughter ain’t competing against a dude in drag. Something’s transcend politics. Everything in this country has become blood vs crips, Jedi vs Sith and everything is absolute.
Cenk understands that the ONLY way democrats are going take back what’s left of this shytty situation is by actually talking to Republican voters. And if it went from being 50 vs 50 to 40 vs 60 to 30 vs 70, at some point you’re gonna have to find an extra 40 - 50 lying around to try to siphon from the 70.
and listen to any time a dem politician goes on a rant about party issues. One of the first if not THE first thing they'll mention is trans rights. Even Jasmine Crockett. I just don't get it.
I watch neither.
I’m asking why you support “trans women” competing against women.
Wait. Jayar did what?
Ngl I didn't read none of this bs, I'm neither a aschool district board member or a sports league. Not sure why you sending this to me.
You are both anti conversion therapy and then argue non converted trans have advantages. Those are two conflicting views.
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What does that matter
Thats a consistent theme here.
because theres no such thing as being trans, thus theres nothing to transition from.
For example: Having sickle cell therapy or getting treatment or bone marrow transplants…doesn’t change whether or not you have sickle cell disorder.
Can you be transgender without transitioning if being transgender is “innate?”
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