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In reply to the discussion: 16 Penn swimmers say transgender teammate Lia Thomas shouldn't be allowed to compete [View all]JT45242
(2,323 posts)Because of this case, and a few others, the athletic agencies are beginning to work on regulations.
One thing that they will require is a long term (proposal I saw as 36 months) tracking of hormone levels. So, any transgender woman would have to be below the thresholds for 36 months consecutively before they would be allowed to compete.
Something like that seems fair -- a way to quantify the advantages just like they would for a PED.
I say this as someone who has a transgender niece who is currently taking hormone blockers to prevent male puberty onset. She is a talented cross country runner. These sorts of regulations may one day determine whether or not and how she might compete in college.
Like so many things with transgender issues -- the rules and regulations are lagging behind.
One of my best friends from college who was an active LGB in the 90s and early 2000s that the trans folks were not really accepted even by the LGB community until much later. With time, hopefully, we can find a space where everyone can compete that is fair to both the cisgender and transgender athletes.