Olympics to allow PRE-SURGERY transgendered athletes to compete against opposite sex

[The Tradition]

The Olympics are reportedly adopting a new policy that opens the field of competition to transgender athletes.

The International Olympic Committee received proposed guidelines in November from its 'Consensus Meeting on Sex Reassignment and Hyperandrogenism', which allow for broader policies that would include transgender athletes.

Olympic officials have not confirmed the new guidelines, which have already been adopted by other regulatory sports organizations, but the policy is available on the organization's website.

The policy change would be in line with NCAA standards in the United States, which allow male-to-female and female-to-male transgender athletes to compete without having gender reassignment surgery, according to ESPN.

The current Olympic rules acknowledge transgender athletes' right to compete, but with specific provisions under the Stockholm Consensus, which was adopted in 2004.

The policies, adopted before the Athens Olympics, say transgender athletes have to have gender reassignment surgery and have legal recognition of the gender they were assigned at birth. They also have to have undergone at least two years of hormone replacement therapy after surgery.

The proposed new rules would allow transgender athletes to compete after one year of hormone replacement therapy and no surgery is required.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...thout-having-gender-reassignment-surgery.html

Women's beach volleyball is going to suck because of this....

 

[who r u]

Women's beach volleyball is going to suck because of this....

the future of womens beach volleyball?

 

[UNIowaHawk]

This makes a whole lot of sense-- said no logical person.

 

[timinatoria]

If you have a penis, you are a man.

 

[TexMichFan]

East Germany was way ahead of the times.

 

[who r u]

If you have a penis, you are a man.

 

[The Tradition]

Try this on for size:

NO HORMONES OR PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS*

* Prohibition does not apply to gender reassignment hormones and drugs

 

[BubsFinn]

In certain events, this shouldn't be a problem. Equestrian (in which men and women already compete against one another), bob sled maybe, sailing, probably one or two more. Otherwise, this is insane.

 

[naturalmwa]

In certain events, this shouldn't be a problem. Equestrian (in which men and women already compete against one another), bob sled maybe, sailing, probably one or two more. Otherwise, this is insane.

There you go. Let's just eliminate gender and put everyone in one contest. All sweat is pleasing to the gods.

 

[SailorJerryHawk]

I'm glad I'm old enough that when this whole cisgender/transgender/gay/straight/bestiality/goat loving becomes the norm,I'll be dead.

Some of this inclusiveness and kumbaya is just effin stupid.So ole Achmed will be able to get sexy time with a one lump camel and it will be okay?

I fear I'm like old people that can't figure out how to set a VCR.Some crap cannot be defended.

 

[SailorJerryHawk]

There you go. Let's just eliminate gender and put everyone in one contest. All sweat is pleasing to the gods.

 

[who r u]

I fear I'm like old people that can't figure out how to set a VCR

 

[SailorJerryHawk]

I tried recording me and the ex wife sexy time.It was so gross.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Doesn't matter. I don't watch the Olympics anyways.

 

[naturalmwa]

Doesn't matter. I don't watch the Olympics anyways.

I had you pegged as the type of boy who thinks the world revolves around him.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

I had you pegged as the type of boy who thinks the world revolves around him.

And that's why you don't understand 80% of my posts.

 

[SDHN2013]

There will come a time when women's sports at every level will be dominated by "women" that used to have dongs and there will be awkwardness amongst the nations progressives. I cant see ultra-feminists tolerating that for too long.

 

[like-woahh]

The thing I'm most curious about is how will they regulate the mass amounts of hormones transgenders have to take, and then disallow that for every other competitor?

 

[artradley]

The Olympics are reportedly adopting a new policy that opens the field of competition to transgender athletes.

The International Olympic Committee received proposed guidelines in November from its 'Consensus Meeting on Sex Reassignment and Hyperandrogenism', which allow for broader policies that would include transgender athletes.

Olympic officials have not confirmed the new guidelines, which have already been adopted by other regulatory sports organizations, but the policy is available on the organization's website.

The policy change would be in line with NCAA standards in the United States, which allow male-to-female and female-to-male transgender athletes to compete without having gender reassignment surgery, according to ESPN.

The current Olympic rules acknowledge transgender athletes' right to compete, but with specific provisions under the Stockholm Consensus, which was adopted in 2004.

The policies, adopted before the Athens Olympics, say transgender athletes have to have gender reassignment surgery and have legal recognition of the gender they were assigned at birth. They also have to have undergone at least two years of hormone replacement therapy after surgery.

The proposed new rules would allow transgender athletes to compete after one year of hormone replacement therapy and no surgery is required.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...thout-having-gender-reassignment-surgery.html

Women's beach volleyball is going to suck because of this....

These Onion articles always crack me up

 

[artradley]