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## Athletes
#### Trans athletes are at no significant advantage in athletics, especially since hormones reverse any strength discrepancies, yet face substantial discrimination in athletics.
* [Jones et al. 17](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5357259/)
* Meta-analysis covering prior research on **trans individuals’ performance in sports** and preexisting **sports policies** concerning trans people
* “There is no direct or consistent research suggesting transgender female individuals (or male individuals) have an athletic advantage at any stage of their transition
* (includes cross-sex hormones, gender-confirming surgery)
* competitive sport policies that place restrictions on transgender people need to be considered and potentially revised.
* Additional findings show most sports policies are** not evidence-based** and trans individuals experience **substantial discrimination** from sports institutions.
* [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**.”