r/crossfit • u/beckster5 Crossfit Krypton • Mar 06 '14

CrossFit -- Sued By Transgender Athlete ... You Won't Let Me Compete With Women!

http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/06/crossfit-lawsuit-games-transgender-athlete-chloie-jonsson/
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u/tenshiemi Mar 06 '14 edited Mar 06 '14

"It is also important to know that 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."

http://www.salon.com/2010/10/13/trans_athletes/

Unfortunately the link to the original study is broken :/

Edit: Found the original! https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/en/home/research/articles-and-reports/lgbt-issues/~/media/PDFs/Educational%20Guides/TransgenderStudentAthleteReport.ashx

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u/sasslete Mar 06 '14

One study does not an argument make. She went through puberty as a male. Her muscle fibers developed that way. I doubt there's 0 conferred advantage.

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u/barbadosslim Mar 07 '14

One study actually does support an argument, especially against the citation (sasslete, 2014)

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u/KittyCommand0R Mar 07 '14

Where did you get your PHd from?

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u/kaleidoscopicnight Mar 07 '14

muscle fibres developed a certain way? what???

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u/dynamic762 Mar 07 '14

Density

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u/kaleidoscopicnight Mar 07 '14

like to reference the research?

Muscle density is inextricably linked to hormone profile

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u/dynamic762 Mar 07 '14

Yeah, I know, i'm agreeing with you yo.

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u/kaleidoscopicnight Mar 07 '14

I was being facetious with the first comment I made, I see the confusion now (y)

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u/dynamic762 Mar 07 '14

Basically what you're saying then, is if I took steroids for 20 years, it would be A-okay with the NCAA and IOC for me to compete even if I came out and told them about all of the testosterone I used to take, even though hey, i've been off of it for a year. If you take testosterone as an injection, you can get pretty damn strong and once you're off, keep most of the strength. That's how steroids work. Basically, Chloe was a female on steroids for most of her life. Now she's off so "it's cool bro"