Transgender women in the female category of sport: perspectives on testosterone suppression and performance advantage

EN Hilton, TR Lundberg - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Males enjoy physical performance advantages over females within competitive sport. The
sex-based segregation into male and female sporting categories does not account for …

Muscle strength, size, and composition following 12 months of gender-affirming treatment in transgender individuals

A Wiik, TR Lundberg, E Rullman… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Context As many sports are divided in male/female categories, governing bodies have
formed regulations on the eligibility for transgender individuals to compete in these …

Sport and transgender people: a systematic review of the literature relating to sport participation and competitive sport policies

BA Jones, J Arcelus, WP Bouman, E Haycraft - Sports medicine, 2017 - Springer
Background Whether transgender people should be able to compete in sport in accordance
with their gender identity is a widely contested question within the literature and among sport …

[HTML][HTML] How does hormone transition in transgender women change body composition, muscle strength and haemoglobin? Systematic review with a focus on the …

J Harper, E O'Donnell, BS Khorashad… - British Journal of …, 2021 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives We systemically reviewed the literature to assess how long-term testosterone
suppressing gender-affirming hormone therapy influenced lean body mass (LBM), muscular …

Effect of gender affirming hormones on athletic performance in transwomen and transmen: implications for sporting organisations and legislators

TA Roberts, J Smalley, D Ahrendt - British journal of sports medicine, 2021 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective To examine the effect of gender affirming hormones on athletic performance
among transwomen and transmen. Methods We reviewed fitness test results and medical …

Integrating transwomen and female athletes with differences of sex development (DSD) into elite competition: the FIMS 2021 consensus statement

BR Hamilton, G Lima, J Barrett, L Seal… - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Sport is historically designated by the binary categorization of male and female that conflicts
with modern society. Sport's governing bodies should consider reviewing rules determining …

On transgendered athletes, fairness and doping: An international challenge

S Teetzel - Doping in Sport, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter argues that the challenges to sport that transgendered athletes' participation at
the elite level creates predominantly relate to, and are confused with, anti-doping issues …

Transsexuals and competitive sports

LJG Gooren, MCM Bunck - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Men generally have an inherent performance advantage over women due to their average
greater height and muscle mass and power, as the result of correspondingly different …

Transwomen in elite sport: scientific and ethical considerations

T Knox, LC Anderson, A Heather - Journal of medical ethics, 2019 - jme.bmj.com
The inclusion of elite transwomen athletes in sport is controversial. The recent International
Olympic Committee (IOC)(2015) guidelines allow transwomen to compete in the women's …

Transgender women in sport

A Bianchi - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This paper considers whether transgender (trans*) women should be permitted to compete
in female categories in sports. Trans* women are often criticized for competing in female …