Olympics To Allow Pre-Surgery Transgenders To Compete As Their Reassigned Gender?

[mushroom25]

looks like it....
http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/14626858/olympics-opening-field-competition-transgender-athletes-updated-policy

those born male have physiological advantages over those born female, in terms of strength and power - it's presumably why in sports where that matters, males don't compete against females at the highest level, and why chromosome testing has loomed large for many years.

so if a male elects for re-assignment, does he lose that power advantage over his new opponents just because she says "i'm now female"? if not, how can that possibly be fair and just?

[jackthehat]

Jim-One thing you would be wise to bear in mind, on this forum, is that TTT has been here for years (under many names) and is a confirmed 'geezer'. He doesn't do 'touchy-feely', he doesn't do 'shades-of-grey' and he doesn't do empathy/sympathy.
He has a rudimentary understanding of 'gender-science' and so will always default to the simplistic explanation.

[jackthehat]

Darn -the top bit of my post got cut off..........
Jeremy Clarkson is as a God to TTT.
I have read far more Clarkson than the 'petrolhead stuff' and hope to assure you that he is far more liberal in his personal views than often appears in print.

[vetuste_ennemi]

And all the brothers were valiant!
"daring not to conform" does not require courage (moral or physical) if your definition of "not conforming" means ridiculing Alf Garnett.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Please don't make the mistake of confusing ridicule with contempt.

[retrocop]

//Jim-One thing you would be wise to bear in mind, on this forum, is that TTT has been here for years (under many names) and is a confirmed 'geezer'. //

Well at least he is fortunate enough to know who he is. You can't knock a "geezer" for knowing that!!!

[vetuste_ennemi]

Is Jack's avatar pre-op or aspirational?