Transgender women to be banned from all female Olympic events

[Misla]

About time!!

IOC likely to announce new policy early in new year after findings of a scientific review about the permanent physical advantages of being born male

The International Olympic Committee is set to announce a ban on transgender women in female competition early next year after a science-based review of evidence about permanent physical advantages of being born male.

The IOC’s guidance to Olympic sports has until now been that transgender women can compete with reduced testosterone levels but leaves it up to individual sports to decide. That is now set to change under its new president, Kirsty Coventry, who has promised to protect the female category.

The committee’s medical and scientific director, Dr Jane Thornton, last week presented to IOC members at a meeting in Lausanne the initial findings of a science-based review into the issues of transgender athletes and athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD) competing in female sport.

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Transgender women to be banned from all female Olympic events

The BBC is running a story saying a decision hasn't been reached yet.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cy4p29j4z70o

They finally arrived at sensible decision most 6 year olds would make.

Even the Telegraph! No, trans athletes are not banned from women’s sports. Trans identified females who are not doping are welcome!

Still, the whole thing is a huge step back to where we all thought we were at the end of the last century - and yes, medals should definitely be stripped/re-awarded

If it's the BBC it's probably lies.

finally and lets hope they take the medals off those so calledwomen boxers too

I wonder how they will word the rule. Exclusion of all candidates who test positive for SRY gene, unless with a confirmed diagnosis of CAIS or Swyer Syndrome?

One comment under the article was
"I expect the BBC will be asking a drag queen on Woman's Hour what he thinks of this decision."

Finally. But unbelievable that it was ever in question.

Re. transmen, presumably they'd be banned from female competitions too, due to the elevated artificial testosterone they take. Essentially, they're doping.

Does this include people like that boxer and Semenya?

I hate to credit President Trump with anything positive but at the beginning of his taking office he said he would ban transwomen from competing in the LA Olympics - so I expect the IOC have had no choice, rather than they've seen sense!

Well it took long enough!

I'm interested in this aspect too. I couldn't load OP's article, but does it mention how they are going to categorise people with DSDs? Are they going to issue a list of the various conditions and state which category they can compete in?

a science-based review of evidence about permanent physical advantages of being born male

Glad that’s been cleared up. Everyone must have been wondering why on earth we had male and female sports categories, what with there being no evidence for the physical differences before now.

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Sorry Misla, I didn't mean to attach that to your post - slip of the fingers.

I hope that poor Italian woman gets an apology....

Finally. They should take the medals back.
That poor Italian woman who was bludgeoned by Imane. And then the distasteful memes about " white women tears".
I am not white btw.

Hopefully common sense will also be present in Glasgow next year for the Commonwealth Games.

They won't take back medals previously given to men as that might inconveniently highlight just how many men have been allowed to compete in female events.

Brilliant news! However this bit is a bit, ummm, 😬

Some work remains to be done to ensure the new policy is legally watertight.

Who are they expecting to contest it in court hmmmm? GLP maybe? 🤔

I'm not sure, could they? If you're a female taking male levels of testosterone surely that would be akin to doping. And a certain group of people would lose their minds if they had to stop their transition to play sports.

Quite.

The new policy is also likely to cover DSD (differences of sex development) athletes — those who were raised as girls from birth but have male chromosomes and male levels of testosterone.

It doesn't say whether the press were officially briefed to this effect, but they then go on to discuss Khelif.

I'll be surprised if they ban CAIS.

Why do you want CAIS males included in women's events? It's been shown they have an advantage. Swyers women could/should be included unless evidence comes to light that they also have male advantage, but there is no excuse whatsoever for including a cohort of individuals who are known to be male and known to have an advantage.

ETA: I don't know enough about Swyers women to come to a firm conclusion, all I know is that the "male switch" doesn't operate.

Re Commonwealth games - is a ban there more likely to actually happen now?

Hope they strip medals from all the cheats and retrospectively award apologies and medals to all the women who had it stolen from them. I’d want the ceremony, the flags and the national anthems playing too.