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Transgender women athletes banned from women’s Olympic events by new IOC policy (apnews.com)
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[–] ChristerMLB@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think this should be handled by the communities of the different sports in stead. I imagine some sports, like power-lifting, would end up separating on biological sex - with some others wouldn't

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 hours ago

The only trans woman to ever compete in the Olympics was a power lifter. She came last.

Your intuition about trans athletes is wrong.