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IOC relaxes guidelines on transgender athletes (International Olympic Committee)
Associated Press ^ | Jan. 24, 2016 2:45 PM EST | Stephen Wilson

Posted on 01/24/2016 12:33:35 PM PST by Olog-hai

Transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in the Olympics and other international events without undergoing sex reassignment surgery, according to new guidelines adopted by the IOC.

International Olympic Committee medical officials told The Associated Press on Sunday they changed the policy to adapt to current scientific, social and legal attitudes on transgender issues. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; ioc; jenner; olympics; transgender

1 posted on 01/24/2016 12:33:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
but roids are still illegal... go figure
2 posted on 01/24/2016 12:36:55 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: Olog-hai

Who would have guessed that the Russian women shot putters were way ahead of their time. /sar


3 posted on 01/24/2016 12:41:23 PM PST by Zathras
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To: Olog-hai

Soon there will be no place in the Olympics for actual women athletes.


4 posted on 01/24/2016 12:45:24 PM PST by Salman
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To: Zathras

I think it’s time for a ‘freak’, ‘broken monkey’ Olympics.


5 posted on 01/24/2016 12:45:58 PM PST by glasseye
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To: Olog-hai

The IOC can GTH, they’re destroying what’s left of the organization.


6 posted on 01/24/2016 12:47:37 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Olog-hai

Time for Jenner to make a comeback.


7 posted on 01/24/2016 12:56:15 PM PST by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: Olog-hai

This will ultimately be the end of all women’s sports.


8 posted on 01/24/2016 1:13:20 PM PST by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: Olog-hai

So you get all the advantages of the victim group without actually having vital parts chopped off?


9 posted on 01/24/2016 1:16:54 PM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: I want the USA back
US "Womens" Olympic Team
10 posted on 01/24/2016 1:34:44 PM PST by petenmi
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To: Olog-hai

The, “ Olympic Hymn”, replaced by, “Both Sides Now”


11 posted on 01/24/2016 1:44:28 PM PST by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Olog-hai

Great! The Olympic Committee is going to put somebody in a man’s body, with a man’s chemistry, up against a bunch of women and expect us to accept it. No way!


12 posted on 01/24/2016 2:08:44 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: Salman

Exactly! Men are so great they are even better than women at being women.


13 posted on 01/24/2016 2:11:34 PM PST by punknpuss
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To: Olog-hai

Watch th tv ratings plumit.


14 posted on 01/24/2016 3:26:04 PM PST by the_daug
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Anyone remember the east German olympic team from the movie Top Secret?


15 posted on 01/24/2016 4:00:09 PM PST by Organic Panic
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Anyone remember the east German olympic team from the movie Top Secret?

Yeah. I think they've moved on to women's soccer.
(which is still better than men's soccer)

16 posted on 01/24/2016 5:03:45 PM PST by norton
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To: Salman

And given the attacks on feminists who criticized the woman of the year awards going to a mentally ill man with a penis and breasts and highest paid female CEO, Martine Rothblatt, going to someone who was a man most of his career, women aren’t going to be allowed to speak out.

What happens, though, when someone who competed in men’s Olympics last time wins as a woman in the next?


17 posted on 01/24/2016 6:13:15 PM PST by tbw2
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To: Olog-hai

I can’t wait to see a man doing women’s gymnastics.


18 posted on 01/24/2016 6:15:17 PM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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