Transgender athlete Hannah Mouncey has declared Australia’s new guidelines for elite trans athletes as the best and most detailed that she’s seen.
on what to do when transgender athletes seek to join elite competitions was released publicly on Friday.
Mouncey, an elite handballer whose bid to join the AFL was rejected, said the guidelines were the best and most thoughtful that she’s seen. The 33-year-old said details like how often athletes are required to have their testosterone levels tested had never been clarified before. She had been testing her testosterone levels each month.
In eight years of testing, Mouncey said her testosterone levels had not reached higher than 0.8 nanomoles per litre.
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