A study recently published in Sports Medicine has found there is no evidence that gives reason as to why trans athletes should be banned from participating in sports, following a string of bills in the US which aim to do so.
The study, led by Blair Hamilton from the University of Brighton and titled Integrating Transwomen and Female Athletes with Differences of Sex Development into Elite Competition, said no two athletes will ever be completely equal and such disparities also exist among cisgender women.
It argued that any advantages should be viewed not as evidence of unfair competition, but should be related to an athlete’s individual ability, saying even “evidence-based policies will not eliminate differences in sporting performance.