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The International Olympic Committee published a study comparing trans- and cisgender athletes

Posted by Tuna
Tags: transgender, sports, athletes, studies, international olympic committee, medicine, discrimination, opinion, author.katelyn burns, source.msnbc
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/olympic-trans-women-ioc-study-rcna148437

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Title
Opinion | The Olympic committee studied trans athletes. Conservatives won't like what it found.
Published
Apr 22 2024
Word count
819 words

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  1. Tuna
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    Link to the paper. From the article:

    Link to the paper.

    From the article:

    It’s just one study, so we should avoid drawing grand conclusions from it, but, at the very least, the study shows that the bodies of trans women who’ve been on at least one year of hormone replacement therapy are very, very different from cis men’s bodies. In their conclusion, researchers cautioned against hurdling into blanket bans on trans women’s participation in women’s sports and declared that using data comparing cis men and cis women’s bodies to justify these bans is wrong.

    Just this week, the conservative crusade against trans athletes reached a new low as Oklahoma state athletic officials proposed punishing All Elite Wrestling for featuring a trans woman in its women’s division during a show held in Oklahoma City. That’s professional wrestling … where the outcomes are predetermined and scripted. Now they’re saying we have no right to even be in fake sports.

    16 votes
  2. DefinitelyNotAFae
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    And I expect this will make zero difference in the minds of everyone crying foul at a trans woman winning a swim race. Or everyone even on Tildes advocating to restrict trans athletes. I am glad...

    And I expect this will make zero difference in the minds of everyone crying foul at a trans woman winning a swim race.

    Or everyone even on Tildes advocating to restrict trans athletes.

    I am glad we discovered what basically every other bit of evidence has shown so far, because trans women don't dominate women's sports.

    10 votes