Sports and Transgender
Huimin Son
5.21.14
Prof. Vergas
Research paper
Sports and Transgender These days, trend of transgender is increasing because many people can easily alter and express their sexual orientation and sexual identification. Most people recognize transgender as normal people. Most people agreed that they should recognize transgender as normal people, and they should recognize men who changed his gender as women not men, and they also should recognize women who changed their gender as men not women. Transgender also do not want other people to treat them as special people. These days, most transgender get hormone therapy. After transgender gets hormone therapy, their body becomes opposite gender's body. Transgender does not have advantage against heterosexual playing sports. However some people still think transgender has more advantage over normal people. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allow transgender exhibits Olympic with gender that they changed, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) set three rules about transgender. "Fundamentally, though, it shows a lack of awareness of the current medical thought on the issue of transgender athletes. The overwhelming consensus is that after some period of time on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), transgender individuals should be allowed to compete in accordance with their legal gender. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) settled the issue of transgender athletes in 2004, when they released the rules for them to compete. It all boils down to three basic points: They must have had gender reassignment surgery. They must have legal recognition of their assigned gender. They must have at least two years of hormone therapy." These rules are in place in order to give an equal opportunity to the athletes in the sport. By abiding to these rules and regulations, the use of stimulants or other drugs to improve the physical performance of an athlete is banned. For transgender athletes, the
5.21.14
Prof. Vergas
Research paper
Sports and Transgender These days, trend of transgender is increasing because many people can easily alter and express their sexual orientation and sexual identification. Most people recognize transgender as normal people. Most people agreed that they should recognize transgender as normal people, and they should recognize men who changed his gender as women not men, and they also should recognize women who changed their gender as men not women. Transgender also do not want other people to treat them as special people. These days, most transgender get hormone therapy. After transgender gets hormone therapy, their body becomes opposite gender's body. Transgender does not have advantage against heterosexual playing sports. However some people still think transgender has more advantage over normal people. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allow transgender exhibits Olympic with gender that they changed, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) set three rules about transgender. "Fundamentally, though, it shows a lack of awareness of the current medical thought on the issue of transgender athletes. The overwhelming consensus is that after some period of time on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), transgender individuals should be allowed to compete in accordance with their legal gender. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) settled the issue of transgender athletes in 2004, when they released the rules for them to compete. It all boils down to three basic points: They must have had gender reassignment surgery. They must have legal recognition of their assigned gender. They must have at least two years of hormone therapy." These rules are in place in order to give an equal opportunity to the athletes in the sport. By abiding to these rules and regulations, the use of stimulants or other drugs to improve the physical performance of an athlete is banned. For transgender athletes, the