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    So should we be allowing trans m to fs to still take on men in a boxing ring? That is also not safe.

    Don't think trans athletes should be allowed to compete against the gender theyve transitioned to either but it does make me sad how if you're trans you basically can't officially compete against others as you're not really seen as equal to either gender. It's a difficult area.

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    Yeah, why wouldn't it be fair? If you identify as female then you compete as a female, if you identify as male then you compete as a male. You can argue that a MtF might have an advantage because they were once male but you don't know what the skill level of each person is, how much they have trained, etc. which is what matters in athletic sports. Plus when transitioning, they'll take hormones/testosterone so they'll factor in as well.
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    Important to note the difference between transgender and transsexual, the former being anyone choosing to identify a certain way and the latter being those who have biologically been altered with surgery and hormone replacements. Of course if Terry Crews turned up saying he wants to fight in a women's flyweight boxing match that would be ridiculous, but those who for all intents and purposes have a fully transitioned physiology the only issue would be whether the drugs involved would disqualify them from competing, which I assume would be the case
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    Quote Originally Posted by FlyingJesus View Post
    fully transitioned physiology the only issue would be whether the drugs involved would disqualify them from competing, which I assume would be the case
    What you mentioned isn't the big issue. For instance, the International Olympic Committee require a male's levels who acts as a female and wishes to compete be lower than 10 nmol/L. Female levels are below 3. There's an obvious advantage in being a male even with therapy and competing in female sports.

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    2.2. The athlete must demonstrate that her total testosterone level in serum
    has been below 10 nmol/L for at least 12 months prior to her first
    competition (with the requirement for any longer period to be based on
    a confidential case-by-case evaluation, considering whether or not 12
    months is a sufficient length of time to minimize any advantage in
    women’s competition).
    http://www.triathlon.org/uploads/doc...genism-ENG.pdf

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    Testosterone is the drug I meant, it would be too difficult for someone on HRT to fully balance a lowered testosterone level with training in a way that's actually useful to them in the sport, so they'd either be DQd on the hormone issue or wouldn't be fit enough to compete at high levels anyway
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    Quote Originally Posted by FlyingJesus View Post
    Testosterone is the drug I meant, it would be too difficult for someone on HRT to fully balance a lowered testosterone level with training in a way that's actually useful to them in the sport, so they'd either be DQd on the hormone issue or wouldn't be fit enough to compete at high levels anyway
    OH, gotcha. Much agreed

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