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Not sure where you’re getting your information. The weightlifting rules allows trans athletes to have testosterone levels of 10nmol/L. Some sports are 5nmol/L.
by 2muchcoffeeman 5y ago
Not sure where you’re getting your information.
The weightlifting rules allows trans athletes to have testosterone levels of 10nmol/L. Some sports are 5nmol/L.
Normal range for men is 9-31nmol/L
Women range from 0.9-2.5nmol/L
Even these guys (link below) who argue that the limits are arbitrary then go on to point to study in which 11 of 234 female athletes had T levels of 8nmol/L and 32 had 2.6nmol/L. 74 of 446 male athletes had 8.4nmol/L.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/20/testosterone-limits-for-female-athletes-not-backed-by-science-say-academics https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/20/testosterone-l...
- kuschku 5y agoWith normal HRT, you're usually reaching T levels around 0.5nmol/L (mine are 0.53 at the moment). So pretty much every genuinely trans athlete will have a disadvantage compared to cis female athletes. In fact, even pre transition, my levels were lower than those of 11 of 234 cis female athletes, so I never got any of the "benefits" testosterone supposedly has. None of your statistics are an argument for banning or restricting trans athletes.