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I'm not an expert, but I'm not sure testosterone is the only factor.

I'm 6'2" (maybe a little less now... I'm shrinking as I approach 50 :-), but in college, I was a solid 6'2", I weighed 210 lbs, and I was reasonably fast/athletic. If you suppressed my testosterone, it would obviously impact my physical performance, but I'd still have the basic frame/strength/muscular build of a 6'2" 200lb+ guy. It would be unreasonable for me to have competed against woman in sports where size/strength is a major factor.

I was thinking the solution would be 3 divisions... men, women, and male to female transgender. But in reality, you would probably need a 4th division for female to male transgenders. They wouldn't be able to compete with the biological males and it wouldn't be fair to have them competing with the biological females (that would be like the unfair advantage the East German women had).

(In response to this post by JohnHoo2)

Posted: 06/19/2019 at 2:53PM

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