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Message: [QUOTE="SVCBeercats, post: 2752035, member: 7874"] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/25/ioc-rules-transgender-athletes-can-take-part-in-olympics-without-surgery']IOC rules transgender athletes can take part in Olympics without surgery[/URL] "Female-to-male athletes can compete ‘without restriction’, while male-to-female athletes must undergo hormone therapy, according to new guidelines" "Under the previous IOC guidelines, approved in 2003, athletes who transitioned from male to female or vice versa were required to have reassignment surgery followed by at least two years of hormone therapy in order to be eligible to compete. Now, surgery will no longer be required, with female-to-male transgender athletes eligible to take part in men’s competitions “without restriction”. Meanwhile, male-to-female transgender athletes will need to demonstrate that their testosterone level has been below a certain cutoff point for at least one year before their first competition." [URL='http://abc13.com/community-events/petition-would-force-transgender-hs-athletes-to-compete-by-birth-gender/3596730/']Petition would force transgender HS athletes to compete by birth gender[/URL] "Now some parents and student-athletes are up in arms[COLOR=#000000]. [/COLOR]I think it’s unfair to the girls who work really hard to do well and qualify for Opens and New Englands [competitions],” Selina Soule, a sophomore who finished sixth in the 100-meter at the state meet, [URL='http://www.courant.com/sports/high-schools/hc-sp-hs-transgender-high-school-athletes-0520-story.html']told the Hartford Courant[/URL]. “These girls, they’re just coming in and beating everyone.” [URL='https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/as-trans-high-school-athletes-win-state-titles-parents-petition-to-ban-them/ar-AAyE4OY?ocid=spartandhp']As trans high school athletes win state titles, parents petition to ban them[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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