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We already acknowledge some limitations on the range of diversity acceptable to a meaningful contest. For the purposes of a foot race, what is a "girl"? Clearer definitions will help. No 3-legged runners, no cyborgs, no dogs who identify as human (you know who you are).

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The Washington Times

@WashTimes

· Feb 24, 2019

#Transgender sprinters finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut girls indoor track championships washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/

Zac Shaiken

@ZacShaiken

Feb 24, 2019

This is a real question that sports need to answer. We studied caster semenya in one of my college courses "the science of gender and sexuality orientation" which was a fascinating review of peer reviewed research. Turns out not much is known even about widely accepted topics 1/2

Zac Shaiken

@ZacShaiken

Feb 24, 2019

For example, did you know that there isn't a clearly defined bisexual arousal pattern? We all believe bisexuality exists because people say it does, but the science hasn't captured what it means to be bisexual yet. On paper, bisexuality is a fluid point during transition. 2/2

Jesse Powell

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Much is not known about the nature/nurture impact of non-binary genders. Categories for athletic contests can only be defined in terms of what is observable. MMA has 14 weight classes. You could go further and divide people up based on length of appendages, BMI, etc.

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Zac Shaiken

@ZacShaiken

Feb 25, 2019

The nuance of these cases exists because there isn't a perfect scientific indicator of sex/gender. In the case of caster semenya, she was biologically female (had female genitals) but had elevated levels of testosterone, which can correlate with an athletic advantage.

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