Transgender players who have been through male puberty will not be permitted to play international women’s cricket under new ICC gender eligibility regulations

The International Cricket Council has become the latest sports body to ban transgender players from the elite women’s game if they have gone through male puberty.

The ICC said it had taken the decision, following an extensive scientific review and nine-month consultation, to “protect the integrity of the international women’s game and the safety of players”.

It joins rugby union, swimming, cycling, athletics and rugby league, who have all gone down a similar path in recent years after citing concerns over fairness or safety.

  • GreenMEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    That is what tons of folks fights against. But i agree it makes sense. However, is taking testosteron considered doping for females or is it OK? if it’s OK, why other “chems” are not allowed?

    • @FluffyPotato@lemm.eeEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      The testosterone for trans men is just to get to the levels that average cis men have, I’m pretty sure they test for excess testosterone. Some medication is allowed for sick athletes that is considered doping for anyone who isn’t sick, like the therapy for increasing blood oxygen levels which is a common form of doping but is a valid treatment for some illnesses.

      • GreenMEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Medication for sick people seems kinda different thing to me than being healthy and chumming chems to gain muscles.

        So testosterone for female( born) athletes should be allowed until they reach avg male(born) level? Is that really a thing we want to introduce into sports ? Will steroids also count as getting to avg male upper muscle mass ? Where is the line? Won’t that make female athletes either obsolete or force them to chems chumming which then can cause them health issues given that most of them propably don’t plan to transition and might want start families etc?

        • @FluffyPotato@lemm.eeEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          For trans men they get like an injection of testosterone, they aren’t getting it to play sports, it’s medication for dysphoria. I haven’t said anyone else other than trans men should be taking it and definitely nothing about steroids.

          • GreenMEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            The point i wanted to send across is that it gives athlete an advantage. So people will be incentivized to get it. And also those who do not get it will be at disadvantage. So if one form of chems advantage is allowed why others are not? Isn’t that exactly the source of the issue here, fairness?

              • GreenMEnglish
                1•1 year ago

                What do you mean? I explained it in the posts above. So shortly It’s basic biolgy. E.g. testosterone makes changes in the body.

                • @FluffyPotato@lemm.eeEnglish
                  1•1 year ago

                  If you have the same testosterone levels as everyone you are competing against it doesn’t give you an advantage.

                  • GreenMEnglish
                    1•1 year ago

                    Intersting so female taking testosterone and female not taking it have same level of testosterone. I guess trans people are taking hormones needlessly if that is the true.