There is a lot of information on the subject of transgender inclusion in sport, both good and bad. For those who may not know where to look for it, or may lack the experience to make sense of it, it can be a daunting task to understand what it does or doesn’t say. This library of information will grow and be refined over time, but it serves to be a repository of links to studies, articles, and other forms of information, along with any explanation or analysis that we are able to provide or cite for each. If you see something missing from this library, please feel free to use the contact form on our home page, or send us an email at inquiries@throwproud.com.

Please understand that until we can further detail some of these, there may be some studies or articles in here that may contradict Throw Proud’s stance that transgender women should be included in the gender protected divisions. We will do our best not to add those links until we can annotate them with information detailing what the study or articles authors may have gotten wrong, but from time to time there may be one that misses our notice, or has ambiguous information.

These are studies on the subject of transgender inclusion in sport. We will be adding details over time, to highlight the successes and failures in their designs and execution. Most of those details will come from Appendix A of this study, by the Candian Center for Ethics in Sport. In the meantime, you can look there for any notes they have on any study in the list.

  1. Transgender Women Athletes and Elite Sport: A Scientific Review, Canadian Center for Ethics in Sport
  2. Strength, power and aerobic capacity of transgender athletes: a cross-sectional study, Hamilton B, Brown A, Montagner-Moraes S, et al
  3. Bone Safety During the First Ten Years of Gender-Affirming Hormonal Treatment in Transwomen and Transmen, Wiepjes, C.M., de Jongh, R.T., de Blok, C.J., Vlot, M.C., Lips, P., Twisk, J.W. and den Heijer, M. (2019)
  4. Fit Transitioning: When Can Transgender Airmen Fitness Test in Their Affirmed Gender?, Elvira Chiccarelli, Jay Aden, Dale Ahrendt, Joshua Smalley

 

 

These are articles, not just on the subject of transgender inclusion in sport, but on other issues relevant to understanding the lived experience, and challenges of transgender athletes.

  1. Let’s Talk About Lia Thomas
  2. Study of trans athletes concludes blanket sports bans are a mistake
  3. Diana Nyad Reverses Her Stance on Trans Sports Participation, Calls For Inclusion
  4. Not specifically sports related, but this is a somewhat exhaustive breakdown of the “research” being used by hate groups and the far right, to argue against gender affirming care, and inclusion in sports
  5. WMA URGES PHYSICIANS NOT TO IMPLEMENT IAAF RULES ON CLASSIFYING WOMEN ATHLETES
  6. New Book “Irreversible Damage” Is Full of Misinformation – the book this article refers to was written by Abigail Shrier, the source cited by the PDGA in their 2022 rule changes (see our article on the ruling for more information)
  7. Shades of Gray: Sex, Gender, and Fairness in Sport