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On November 17, 2020, Prager U published a comment by a Connecticut cisgender female college athlete, Selina Soule, complaining that 'biological boys' were being allowed to unfairly dominate women's competitions. (These transgender competitors had not fully transitioned.)
On October 1, 2020, ABC's 7.30 current affairs program televised a segment on the decision taken by eight peak sporting bodies in Australia to adopt guidelines allowing transgender athletes to participate in their competitions.
On July 24, 2019, CBA News: The National televised a detailed segment looking at the differing levels of acceptance of transgender women athletes and the arguments and evidence offered in support of these positions.
On June 22, 2018, United States ABC News televised a segment interviewing two transgender women track college athletes in Connecticut whose success has prompted widespread opposition.
On July 3, 2021, YouTube commentator Robert Tolppi televised an excellent discussion of the advantages and disadvantages transgender women athletes have over cisgender athletes. (Please note: this is a valuable discussion; however, it is unsupported by visuals and rather monotonously delivered. Worthwhile for the determined.)
On March 3, 2020, Good Morning Britain conducted a debate on whether transgender women should be able to compete in women's sporting contests. Joanna Harper was among those taking part.
On May 14, 2019, YouTube commentator Sydney Watson televised a segment discussing the fairness of transgender women competing against ciswomen in sport. Watson examines some of the commonly cited data and studies.
On November 6, 2017, 60 Minutes Australia televised a report on a transgender woman who has been rejected from the AFLW because her size and strength is considered a danger to the other players.
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Should women transgender athletes be able to take part in sporting competitions against cisgender women?
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On September 8, 2021, West Virginia's Metro News published a news report titled 'Poll: Most would limit transgender athletes to teams matching their sex at birth.' The article details the results of a poll conducted among 400 registered voters between August 20-25 which found the 65 percent of respondents believed that athletes should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their sex at birth.
The full text can be accessed at 
On September 6, 2021, the Council of Europe (Europe's leading human rights organisation) announced that on September 20 it would stage an international online Diversity Conference seeking to extend the participatory rights of transgender and intersex athletes in sporting competitions around the world. The details of the conference can be accessed at
On September 3, 2021, The Federalist published an opinion piece by Jayme Metzgar titled 'With New Campaign, Michelob Says Women Should Be Seen, Not Heard' which argues the fundamental unfairness of ciswomen having to compete against biological males who identify as women. The full text can be accessed at
On September 2, 2021, The Duquesne Duke, the magazine of Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, published an opinion piece by its editorial staff titled 'The case for trans athletes'.
The piece presents a range of reasons for allowing transgender athletes access to competitive sports.
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On September 1, 2021, Open Democracy published a comment and analysis by Jessie Lau titled 'Will new Olympics rules exclude or include transgender athletes?' which examined what she termed the 'backlash' which has followed transgender competitors participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
The full text can be accessed at
On September 1, 2021, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) published an overview titled 'Alabama to Wyoming: State policies on transgender athlete participation'. The report gives a state-by-state account of the regulations governing transgender athletes' participation in a range of sports.
The full text can be found at
On August 3, 2021, The New York Times published an overview of the issues surrounding transgender athletes competing against cisgender women. The article is titled 'Who Should Compete in Women's Sports? There Are 'Two Almost Irreconcilable Positions'
The full text can be accessed at
On August 2, 2021, The Sydney Morning Herald published a comment by Joanna Harper, a PhD researcher at Loughborough University, England, and the author of the book Sporting Gender. The article is titled 'Trans women have advantages, but here's why Hubbard should not be banned from the Olympics' and argues that whatever residual advantages some trans women may retain does not remove meaningful competition within the sports in which they take part.
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On July 29, 2021, Deseret News published a report titled 'In search of a level playing field. How male-to-female transgender athletes are impacting women's sports.' The article gives an overview of the growing controversies surround how, or if at all, transgender women should participate in competition with cisgender women.
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On July 27, 2021, Forbes published a report from Senior Contributor Kim Elsesser, titled 'What Makes an Athlete Female? Here's How the Olympics Decide'. It looks at the situation of intersex and transgender athletes, recognising how difficult making determinations can be. The full text can be accessed at
On July 26, 2021, Frontline published a fact check titled 'Do trans athletes have an unfair advantage?'
The report detailed the work of a range of research teams which demonstrated that trans athletes retain a significant measure of physiological advantage even after transition hormone therapy.
The full text can be accessed at
On July 15, 2021, WebMD/Medscape published an interview with Joanna Harper, a PhD researcher at Loughborough University, England, and the author of the book Sporting Gender. The interview is titled 'Do Trans Women Athletes Have Advantages?' and argues that whatever residual advantages some trans women may retain does not remove meaningful competition within the sports in which they take part.
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On May 18, 2021, The Conversation published an article by Chris W. Surprenant, Professor of Ethics, Strategy, and Public Policy, University of New Orleans. The article is titled 'Striking a balance between fairness in competition and the rights of transgender athletes.' Surprenant argues that the complexity of determining advantage makes case by case judgements the fairest solution. The full text can be accessed at
On January 5, 2021, NBC News published a report titled 'Trans women retain athletic edge after a year of hormone therapy, study finds'
The report details the findings of a recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine which suggests transgender women maintain an athletic advantage over their cisgender peers even after a year on hormone therapy.
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On June 19, 2020, USA Today published an opinion piece by Bianca Stanescu titled 'Transgender athletes don't belong in girls' sports. Let my daughter compete fairly.' Stanescu was one of the plaintiffs bringing a suit against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Council for allowing transgender athletes to deprive cis athletes of any meaningful opportunity to participate competitively.
The full text can be accessed at
On July 20, 2020, The Guardian published a report on World Rugby's decision to ban transgender athletes from the women's competition because of the risk of injury to cisgendered women.
The report is titled 'Trans women face potential women's rugby ban over safety concerns'
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On January 20, 2020, The Hill published an article by Gregg Bloche, professor of law at Georgetown University and co-director of the Georgetown-Johns Hopkins joint degree program in law & public health. The opinion piece is titled 'Do transgender athletes have an unfair advantage?'
Bloche argues that questions of advantage in sport are complex and that we should be wary of imposing judgements based on the supposed effects of biological differences.
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On February 25, 2019, AP News published a report titled 'Connecticut runners part of debate over transgender athletes'.
The report details the controversy that has developed in Connecticut college athletics over the inclusion of transgender women athletes.
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On December 3, 2017, Stuff Co NZ published a report titled 'Professor of physiology says transgender athletes have advantage in speed, power'. The report details the work of Otago University professor in physiology Alison Heather who has researched transgender changes, particularly in top level sport..
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On August 1, 2016, SBS news published the results of a research report titled 'Female athletes work harder than men, and science can prove it'. The report details the main physiological differences between men and women and how the effect the degree of effort women have to make in order to achieve comparable results to men.
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