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QuantumLover@lemmy.zip to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Transgender women athletes banned from women’s Olympic events by new IOC policy

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QuantumLover@lemmy.zip to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy It aligns with U.S.
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    Has Domi pointed out elsewhere in this thread. There is no evidence that transgender women have a physical advantage over cisgender women, provided they’ve been on HRT for 2+ years. here’s the meta-analysis they linked

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      That’s neat. Wild how much an affect hormonal changes can have on the body. Humans are weird.

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        It’s the old “I have nipples Greg, could you milk me?” and the answer is yes.

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          Imagine if Greg had responded “yes,” and then proceeded to provide detailed step-by-step instructions in how to induce lactation. That would have been a real weird twist. I’m talking like a five minute segue in the movie.

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