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Girls will be girls at the Beijing Olympics - sex tests will prove it

Started by Natasha, July 29, 2008, 05:28:10 PM

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Natasha

Girls will be girls at the Beijing Olympics - sex tests will prove it

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4419301.ece
7/29/2008

Suspicious-looking woman athletes participating in next month's Olympic Games in Beijing will be forced to take a gender test, the Chinese authorities have announced.
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Elwood

I guess that's somewhat understandable. A transwoman was born with advantages that a ciswoman doesn't have...

So maybe a transwoman division would be appropriate? Although, doing that would be segregating...

That's really a tough one to call.
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Gabrielle

But the IOC has already given the green light for post-op ts to participate in the olympics in their desired gender.  The requirement is that they have been on HRT and are two years post-op.

So given this, genetic tests would not work 100% of the time.
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Elwood

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