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badc0ffeeyesterday at 11:26 PM1 replyview on HN

> This poor bloke who found out he was infertile during a premarital medical exam, for instance: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7760426/

Interesting. Perhaps a better test is needed.

> You're also assuming that we even need a test... evidence (no transfemale olympians ever coming not dead last) suggests we don't.

This isn't just about trans women, but also about DSD cases like Imane Khelif and Caster Semenya.


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patagurbontoday at 7:23 AM

SRY testing was done at the 1996 games and for a while before that. 8 cisgender women tested positive at that games. Far more than the number of transgender athletes who have ever participated. This resulted in genetic testing being changed from all women to on-suspicion.

The bottom line is these tests will catch dozens of people who are phenotypically women, who can even give birth. Why should men be allowed to compete as genetic freaks but not women?

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