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From: Nate B <43703496+NB419@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 03:05:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update athletes.md

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 *   [National Collegiate Athletic Association: Griffin et al. 10](https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/NCLR_TransStudentAthlete%2B(2).pdf)
     *   “Any athletic advantages a transgender girl or woman arguably may have as a result of her prior testosterone levels **dissipate after about one year** of estrogen therapy”
     *   “According to medical experts on this issue, the assumption that a transgender girl or woman competing on a women’s team would have a competitive advantage outside the range of performance and competitive advantage or disadvantage that already exists among female athletes is **not supported by evidence**.”
+*   [University of Leicester: Bethany et al. 16](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5357259/)
+    *   Study that notes how all earlier studies **did not check** trans women who have been prescribed testosterone blockers which is now a **common practice;** indicates that the results of such studies cannot be used as proof that trans women have an advantage
+    *   _“The athletic advantage transgender athletes are perceived to have appears to have been **overinterpreted by many sport organisations** around the world, which has had a **negative effect** on the experiences of this population.”_