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Transgender athletes in women's sports

Started by Butterfly, October 13, 2010, 05:58:07 PM

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Transgender athletes in women's sports
By Tracy Clark-Flory
13 October, 2010


http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/10/13/trans_athletes/


According to medical experts on this issue, the assumption that a transgender girl or woman competing on a women's team would have a competitive advantage outside the range of performance and competitive advantage or disadvantage that already exists among female athletes is not supported by evidence. As one survey of the existing research concludes, "the data available does not appear to suggest that transitioned athletes would compete at an advantage or disadvantage as compared with physically born men and women."
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