Majority of U.S. adults support transgender athletes’ right to choose which gender they compete with

Most people in the United States support the idea that transgender athletes should be allowed to compete with whichever gender they identify with, according to new research based on large-scale national data. Additionally, many people do not believe that there is a need for testing athletes’ biological sex in sports. The study, which has been published in the Sociology of Sport Journal, also sheds light on how people’s beliefs about gender and sports are influenced by factors such as their social group, age, education, and political and religious beliefs “As sport sociologists, we were aware o…

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