Trans women will be able to compete as women for the Boston Marathon. Period.

In a dramatic defeat to the biggest trolls on the internet, the Boston marathon has announced that transgender runners will be able to compete on Monday, April 16, as their self-identified gender. 

The policy isn't new. According to the Boston Athletic Association, the race has had the policy in place for years.

What is new is the heated debate around it, following an article in Canadian Running magazine profiling trans women competing in the Boston Marathon as their identified gender.

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At least five openly trans women will compete as women in Monday's race. The organizers only ask that runners compete as the same gender for which they qualified.  Read more...

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