"A new report has found trans women do not have any advantages over any other women, when competing in elite sport, if existing rules are followed...

The new report is an in-depth review of all scientific literature published between 2011 and 2021 in English regarding trans women and their participation in elite-level sports.

These studies show there is little evidence to show that factors relating to male puberty – such as lung size and bone density – produce an advantage for trans athletes."

This meta analysis demonstrates what I said the last time I posted about trans women in sports: while trans women may have some small residual advantages over cis women in specific biomechanical categories like grip strength, sports depends on innumerable factors, so it's really impossible to say if those rather limited advantages translate into actual overall advantage. Moreover, all actual direct studies of trans women's performance in sports — including the experience that we've had letting trans women compete in the Olympics for about 20 years — have shown that those limited granular advantages don't translate into actual advantages in the sports themselves.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/26/trans-women-no-unfair-advantage-elite-sport-new-report-finds/

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