Do Male to Female Transgender Athletes Have a Physical Advantage in Competition Against Non-Transgender Females?
No. If a young person transitions from male to female prior to puberty, as in the case of some transgender people, no accommodation is necessary at all and this student should be treated as any other competitor in girls’ or women’s sports. Additionally, if a transgender student transitions after puberty, medical experts increasingly agree that the effects of taking female hormones negate any strength and muscular advantage that testosterone may have provided and places a male-to-female transgender athlete who has completed her transition in the same general range of strength and performance exhibited by non-transgender females who are competing. A female-to-male transgender athlete has no physical advantage before, during or after transition and should be permitted to participate fully on male sports teams. IV. What Obligations Do Sport Governing Bodies Have to Educate Their Members About the Rights of Transgender Athletes? Sport governing organizations should provide education to thei
