In 2016 the International Olympic committee ruled that transgender athletes can compete in the Olympics without undergoing sex reassignment surgery. In 2018 the International Association of Athletics Federations, track’s governing body, ruled that women who have more than 5 nano-mols per liter of testosterone in their blood—like South African sprinter and Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya—must either compete against men, or take medication to reduce their natural testosterone levels. The IAAF stated that women in the five-plus category have a “difference of sexual…
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Response rates from 163 Socorro voters.
83% Yes |
17% No |
66% Yes |
9% No |
18% Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete |
7% No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate |
0% No, create a separate category for transgender athletes to compete against each other |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 163 Socorro voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 163 Socorro voters.
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Unique answers from Socorro voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9HYD3FT11mos11MO
I feel this is a complicated thing to ascertain. Is the person in question fully transitioned? Does this impact their performance in said sport? Etc. It should be decided in a case by case scenario, and in some respects, gender as is should be retired as the main differentiation mechanism for sporting events.
@9634NMD2yrs2Y
No opinion on this matter.
@8YF7XJP3yrs3Y
@8SBWJPC4yrs4Y
Sports should no longer be split up by sex or gender in the first place, only by level of strength.
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