IOC held recently held a meeting as they believe two closeted transgender athletes may go public at the Games

I don't get it.

I know countries have different qualifying procedures but how late can you qualify to go ?

Then when you get to the Olympic Village you can just decide what gender and event you want to compete in ?

You can't make this stuff up

Title IX covers this situation. The US DOE OCR will pull the US team from Rio unless the transgenders are allowed to compete. An alternate competition will be held in North Carolina.

notrump wrote:Title IX covers this situation. The US DOE OCR will pull the US team from Rio unless the transgenders are allowed to compete. An alternate competition will be held in North Carolina.

Title IX does not apply to the IOC. Title IX is a US statute that applies to US educational institutions receiving federal money.

notatall wrote:

notrump wrote:Title IX covers this situation. The US DOE OCR will pull the US team from Rio unless the transgenders are allowed to compete. An alternate competition will be held in North Carolina.

Title IX does not apply to the IOC. Title IX is a US statute that applies to US educational institutions receiving federal money.

Looks like someone's sarcasm detector has gone missing.

ROJO

The link on your frontpage is not working.

It should lead to:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/29/the-return-of-caster-semenya-olympic-favourite-and-ticking-timebomb

Stop making fun of Galen Rupp.

LOL

G Ryan, a genderqueer athlete who competes on the women's swimming team at Michigan and competed in the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, does not identify as male or female, but competes as a female athlete and prefers “they/them/theirs” as pronouns to be described as a person.

“I identify as genderqueer individual, so I’m both in the trans realm and the non-binary realm,” Ryan says. “I’m under the trans umbrella. I don’t see myself as either a man or a woman. I’m somewhere in between. It’s not just about two options. There’s another space and another spectrum where I feel like myself.”

Sport only offers two options. “I represent the women’s team” at Michigan, Ryan says. “I want nothing more than to see my team succeed and do well. Though, in the back of my head, I feel like I’m posing or impersonating someone.”

G Ryan, shown here competing for the U.S. women's swimming

G Ryan, shown here competing for the U.S. women's swimming team at the Pan Am Games in 2015, doesn't identify as a man or a woman. (Photo: Erich Schlegel, USA TODAY Sports)

Ryan understands the concerns over a level playing field when male athletes are transitioning to female athletes: “I don’t think including trans athletes competing would hinder the sport’s fairness. It shouldn’t be looked at that way. That’s what’s on the surface.”

rojo wrote:

“The flash point for a lot of people is, ‘You’re going to allow penises in women’s sports?’ ” Harper says. “It’s not the anatomy that matters, it’s the hormones.”

It's like saying "It's not the car that matters, it's the fuel."

What matters is the SRY-gene. The three 800m "female" medalists in Rio will all have it.

Harper and Tucker are among those who destroy female sports.

When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCYxTg6svXg

Porsche always beats Lada wrote:

What matters is the SRY-gene. The three 800m "female" medalists in Rio will all have it.

Harper and Tucker are among those who destroy female sports.

The Brojos are threatening women's athletics by promoting those hypocrites.

It's all part of the sick globalist new world order bs. Fight against it. Far left liberalism sickness.

“It’s not the anatomy that matters, it’s the hormones.”

Anatomy tends to produce hormones. Like testes producing testosterone. Just saying...

ChickswithDicks wrote:

It's all part of the sick globalist new world order bs. Fight against it. Far left liberalism sickness.

Liberals are not left wing, get a clue.

I dont understand. Aren't all the hormones transgender athletes take banned substances? Is there a special PED exemption for people who claim gender identity as a motivating factor? In the spirit of the rules, it seems like anyone who deliberately manipulates his or her hormone levels should not be allowed to compete.

Bad Wigins wrote:

ChickswithDicks wrote:

It's all part of the sick globalist new world order bs. Fight against it. Far left liberalism sickness.

Liberals are not left wing, get a clue.

In Australia Liberals are conservative. IN America they are left wing. That's the clue.

Liberals in Australia however are further left than Democrats. You do have universal healthcare.

Doo wrote:

I dont understand. Aren't all the hormones transgender athletes take banned substances? Is there a special PED exemption for people who claim gender identity as a motivating factor? In the spirit of the rules, it seems like anyone who deliberately manipulates his or her hormone levels should not be allowed to compete.

CAS have done away with the requirement to suppress testosterone. Its why Caster is able to use those balls of hers with impunity

Thanks kind sir, for spuriously attempting to link a legitimate concern over physiological fairness with your bigoted, anti-gay, moralistic agenda. Caster should compete with the men. This has nothing to do with sexual preference or morality, other than being fair to those who are born as XX females.

Steve McConkey wrote:

Steve McConkey is the president of BREAKING WINDS (4 Winds Christian Athletics), a sports ministry that stands up for Christian athletes.

Got Over It wrote:

Thanks kind sir, for spuriously attempting to link a legitimate concern over physiological fairness with your bigoted, anti-gay, moralistic agenda.

Caster should compete with the men. This has nothing to do with sexual preference or morality, other than being fair to those who are born as XX females.

Steve McConkey wrote:

Steve McConkey is the president of BREAKING WINDS (4 Winds Christian Athletics), a sports ministry that stands up for Christian athletes.

+1000

Please keep your religion out of this discussion. Sexual orientation is not the issue. Testerone levels ARE the issue.