Level playing field

• Autores: Yannis Pitsiladis
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3085, 2016, pág. 18
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Pitsiladis talks about transgender Olympians' unfair biological advantage. For the first time in Olympic history, some of the athletes competing in Rio could be transgender women. Team GB is reportedly among the squads that include biologically male athletes competing as females. The International Olympic Committee lowered barriers to participation in January, after a consensus meeting, which she attended. Trans athletes are no longer required to have had gender reassignment surgery followed by two years of hormone therapy. This has been applauded by those who say it reflects social and legal progress on trans issues, and is also supported by science. But some have questioned its scientific basis.