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Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming (www.theonion.com)

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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yet the end result is the same, an advantage over those that don't have it. Why is one fair and one unfair?

Sport is arbitrary rules we decide. Some trans athletes are going to be better at some sports, not because of their trans status but because they work hard and train lots. It is just as unfair to exclude them in case another trans athlete has a genetic advantage, that most research says they don't have.

[–] derf82@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you have evidence that a cis woman with high testosterone remotely experiences the amount of testosterone produced by testes?

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 9 points 10 months ago

Sure https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7159262/

Also that trans athletes don't have an advantage after starting hormone therapy. https://www.cces.ca/sites/default/files/content/docs/pdf/transgenderwomenathletesandelitesport-ascientificreview-e-final.pdf

Although there are other studies which show an advantage for running (not at elite level)