Sports

Should transgender athletes compete in their chosen gender category?

For

Everyone deserves to compete as who they are.

Against

It may create physical advantages or unfairness.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • If everyone has a right to compete and trans women are women, the women's division is the only reasonable place.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Case studies find trans women tend to underperform compared with cis women at the top of women's sports.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • After hormone therapy, some differences in muscle area remain, creating an advantage where muscle mass determines victory.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • We separate sports for a reason, including biological sex and weight classes in boxing.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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