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HRC T1 R3: TQO transgender athletes competing in international sporting events
Committee: Human Rights
The Question Of: Transgender athletes competing in international sporting events.
Submitted By: Lebanon

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION,

Affirming that the definition of a 'woman' or a 'man' is irrelevant to this resolution while the definitions of the biological sexes 'male' or 'female' are undisputed, scientific facts,

Defines transgender athletes as any athlete who does not identify with the gender assigned to them at birth or has gone through any form of gender reassignment surgery or hormone therapy,

Noting that there is a significant performance gap between males and females of approximately 10-50% in sport ( depending on the activity) that begins at puberty and that male athletes tend to be physically stronger in upper body, as well as having inherently larger bodies,

Further noting that this performance gap in more dramatic in sporting activities relying on muscle mass and explosive strength,

Bearing in mind that numerous studies have shown that testosterone suppression treatments among transgender women cause minor changes to strength and muscle mass and that the reduction in strength, lean body mass, and muscle area amounts to an average of approximately 3-5% following 1 year of treatment,

Guided by the contents of this graph on the advantages enjoyed by male athletes in different sporting activities,

1. Calls for the signing of the "Transgender Sporting Regulation Act" by all international sporting bodies:
         a. Notes this act would only only be applicable to competitors recognised by the international sporting body,
         b. Remind member nations that this act would not apply to sporting bodies that allow men and women to compete together;

2. Asks all member states to consider their participation in international sporting competitions if they choose to not abide by this resolution;

3. Urges all sporting bodies to retract any prizes for any athletes found to be going through any form of gender reassignment surgery or hormone therapy at the time of their participation;

4. Calls all international sporting bodies to disallow participation of atheletes in a sex category which contradicts their assigned biological sex;

5. Promotes a media campaign which spreads awareness of:
         a. The impact of transgender atheletes competing in an in international sporting events on other males and females competing,
         b. To be funded by the World Bank;

6. Further asks for new rules in all international sporting events that ensures all athletes wear the sporting clothing that matches their gender assigned at birth;

7. Futher suggests member nations to ban all transgender atheletes from travelling internationally to compete in sport;

8. Futher urges all member nations in favour of transgender atheletes competing in international sporting events to increase taxes on hormone therapy and genderreassignment surgery due to the negative health effects associated with these therapies;