Transgender man wins women's 100 yd and 400 yd freestyle races.

I think I’ve been clear about where I think equality is headed. To answer your question, yes. They compete in war they can compete in sport and everything lesser.

A medically transitioned trans man would be considered doping and illegible to compete. I wouldn't want to see any woman displaced by another who was doping.

War isn't sport, your analogy is broken. Even the great leveller of guns are more effective when the person pulling the trigger is a male, on average.

However, if it were to be entertained, then you would expect to see participation by females on the frontlines equal to the % of females in the army. This isn't the case. Their roles tend to be in support (or increasingly at the backend where physical prowess isn't as important). There is of course, some females on the frontline, but they are outperformed by their male counterparts on average in effectiveness (combat ability, being able to carry equipment). When there are strict physical requirements, very few females make the cut and those that do are a significant % off, on average, the males that make it (understanding that a lot of males don't make the cuts either).

I would also note that mixed training sessions in sports do occur, very frequently, more frequently at the lower and amateur levels, Djokovic will happily have a sparring session with Williams. When it comes to competition however, they compete in different classes and necessarily so (otherwise, we would see 0 female competitive athletes).

Now maybe millions of years from now, breeding of the species will mean that everyone gets the same amount of testosterone, estrogen and same skeletal makeup while also being able to continue the species, but it seems unlikely given current evolutionary trends.

The other thing that could happen is for sports to move beyond the physical, but again, we don't see many females compete at the top level of esports either (and there is a few).

Another option would be for the competitions to be delineated by ability, this would see females compete in lower divisions alongside males. This would also likely be the death knell for women's professional sport (the money goes up exponentially with the divisions and the female competition is often paid the same as the male competition).

Or of course the final answer of "why do people bother competing at sport, there's much more important stuff so it should be a hobby for everyone, those millionaire prem players should be paid the same as a butcher or baker". i.e. if we weren't so interested in competition, then this issue goes away (but then the ability for anyone to be an elite athlete is also gone).

There is an argument that anyone using medical intervention that impacts performance shouldn't be allowed to compete (i.e. TUE exist for low levels, but you wouldn't be able to compete if steroids were required to treat a condition, through no fault of the person).

Ultimately, it will end up in practical compromise prioritising fairness, rather than trying to allow everyone on any medication to compete.

It also seems that you're at an argument of "some limits should be in place" i.e. you need to be taking some medical intervention, which means you're at the mercy of science and stats and numbers as to what exactly those levels should be (or you need to follow overheal and say that there is no barrier at all).

Where is the 500 coming from. Is this during transition? I don't fully understand these swimming stats, but reading on wiki (I know) it seems pre transition she was rated higher than "500" in men's leagues.

"Thomas began swimming on the men's team at the University of Pennsylvania in 2017, and during her freshman year, recorded a time of 8 minutes and 57.55 seconds in the 1,000-yard freestyle that ranked as the sixth-fastest national men's time, as well as 500-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle times ranked within the national top 100.[5] On the men's swim team in 2018–2019, Thomas finished second in the men’s 500, 1,000, and 1,650-yard freestyle at the Ivy League championships as a sophomore in 2019.[5][4][9] During the 2018–2019 season, Thomas recorded the top university men's team times in the 500 free, 1000 free, and 1650 free.[10]"

I could say the same thing of trans-exclusionaries.

So did the Eugenics Movement. It became extremely popular and commonplace for a time.

If being female was shown to be an advantage in a sport, then it would be tested for in the men's competition.

I'd agree that it it's early on for trans people in sport to bring in the rules, but as long as it's based on scientific study and analysis, then it can't really be argued with (you can of course dispute the science, but number of world records is anecdotal evidence, how many would need to be set before action was taken? Or are you saying that a trans athlete will never set a record with the previous testosterone only rules?). We've already seen the oldest ever weightlifter athlete at the Olympics and a swimmer jumping from top 500 to top 10 in their class, at what point would you reassess?

Speaking for myself I don’t give half a discus throw about sport. I care about human rights though. I have maybe 2 or 3 posts in the sports category the entire time I’ve been here.

We’re not discussing the finer art of sprinting, swimming boxing MMA etc. here we’re discussing trans inclusion.