(April 3, 2017 at 10:54 am)wallym Wrote:(April 3, 2017 at 10:31 am)Tiberius Wrote: Out of interest, would there be any objections (from people here, trans or not) to having separate events for transsexual athletes in sports, so that MtF can compete against each other, and likewise, FtM can compete against each other? That seems like the most obvious and fair solution to me.
I think the stages of transitioning would complicate it. As far as I know, you can identify as a woman without any of the physical transitioning. So you encounter the same biological complications from before.
Right, but there are currently procedures in place to prevent that anyway. The article in the OP stated that her testosterone level had to be below a certain amount for the year before she competed, so a male weightlifter couldn't just say he identifies as a woman and immediately go on to compete against women.
I just don't think the hormone measurement goes far enough to eliminate unfairness.
