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Despite Hormone Therapy, Transgender Athletes Have Unfair Advantage Over Biological Women: Doctors

Despite Hormone Therapy, Transgender Athletes Have Unfair Advantage Over Biological Women: Doctors
University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas reacts after winning the 400 yard freestyle relay during the 2022 Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Blodgett Pool in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 19, 2022. Kathryn Riley/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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5/31/2022|Updated: 5/31/2022
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Male-born transgender athletes retain their physical advantages over biological female opponents, even after taking testosterone suppressants, doctors said.

In an interview with The New York Times, a Mayo Clinic doctor, an international physiologist, and a Harvard University evolutionary biologist offered their take on the performance of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who competed as a woman and won the 500-yard freestyle national college swimming championship this March.
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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