In the U.S. rules vary from state to state. In Idaho, Nebraska, Indiana, North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas students must play on the team that matches their birth certificate, have undergone surgery or have had extended hormone therapy. The NCAA requires one year of testosterone suppression. In February 2019 Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) asked Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to investigate USA Powerlifting over its rule barring biological males from competing in women’s events. In 2016 the International Olympic committee ruled that transgender athletes can compe…
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Response rates from 464 St. Louis voters.
54% Yes |
46% No |
37% Yes |
39% No |
17% Yes, but only if their hormone levels are equivalent to those in the gender category in which they compete |
6% No, athletes should compete based on the biological sex that is listed on their birth certificate |
1% No, create a separate category for transgender athletes to compete against each other |
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Unique answers from St. Louis voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@94Z37B42yrs2Y
No, athletes should compete based on their biological sex.
@8HYGV9Y4yrs4Y
They can compete but only against other trans athletes
@8ML6FQ44yrs4Y
@8JGGQF24yrs4Y
Athletics are completely apart from politics
@8GS8ZTJ4yrs4Y
I belive there should be sepeerate leauges for trans people
@9DND6ZZ1yr1Y
Create a separate division
@8LQJKBF4yrs4Y
They should have a separate group as they do not have the same hormone levels
@8S9THXZ4yrs4Y
No, transgender athletes should have their own category because of the hormonal and physiological differences
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