You might find this article interesting… It states (among interesting info about testing etc) that: “Transsexuals, who have had a sex change from male to female, can compete in women’s events in the Olympics, as long they wait two years after the operation.”

Not during the change.

(Vice versa, please. No credit cards necessary).

My old buddy, Richard Raskin, who became Renée Richards in his/her forties was a ranked professional tennis player and the former captain of the tennis team at Yale.

After a confusing number of years, he had the surgery and hormone cocktails.

He then started to play the women’s pro tennis circuitand got huge amounts of flak due to his size (6’ 2”), stature and remaining musculature. The cruel joke at the time was that he had the change in order to get a higher ranking.

Here’sée_Richards what the NYS Supreme court had to say about this.

“Renée Richards (born August 19, 1934) is an American ophthalmologist, author and former professional tennis player. In 1975, Richards underwent sex reassignment surgery. She is known for initially being denied entry into the 1976 US Open by the United States Tennis Association, citing an unprecedented women-born-women policy. She disputed the ban, and the New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor in 1977. This was a landmark decision in favor of transsexual rights.”

As long as their travel visa and passport is in order, no problem :)

It depends on the sport, but I believe that the testosterone used to treat FTMs may be classed as a “performance-enhancing substance”. MTFs would not have that problem.

was 65% female, and 35% male – what does that even mean?