World Athletics Seeks Stricter Rules for Transgender Women
The sports organization may require lower testosterone levels than current rules allow.
January 31, 2023
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The sports organization may require lower testosterone levels than current rules allow.
A race has a definite beginning and end. Sex and gender do not.Â
The court says Semenya suffered discrimination because of her high natural testosterone level, but it did not strike down the regulations World Athletics imposes on women athletes.
The Olympic champion will be forced to take drugs to lower her testosterone if she wants to compete in middle-distance running.Â
The International Olympic Committee's new framework scraps blanket testosterone limits in favor of letting each sport's governing body determine eligibility for trans and intersex athletes.Â
So far this year, more than 30 bills have been introduced at the state level to ban or restrict gender-affirming care for young people.
Sporting officials need to stop using testosterone as the final word on gender.
The U.K. study, while using a small sample, cautions against blanket bans on trans women's participation in women's sports.
The appointee to Florida Gov. Ron Desantis's new Disney oversight board has previously called homosexuality "evil" and "shameful."
The new rules, expected to be adopted soon by the International Olympic Committee, will make it possible for more trans athletes to go for the gold.
The lesbian trailblazer and multiple Grand Slam winner wrote a column in the Sunday Times of London that leans into transphobic rhetoric. Â
The governing body for 120 national rugby unions claims trans women have "significant" advantages over cis women.Â
The New Zealander has qualified for this year's Tokyo Olympics.
State-level legislation aimed at transgender student athletes, along with anti-LGBTQ+ "religious freedom" bills, is proliferating.
Multiple pieces of homophobic and transphobic legislation are pending in both states.
Failure to cover such care is unconstitutional, says a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
"When it comes to the female trans athlete, I'm confused," the lesbian swimmer said in a commentary on National Public Radio.
But the governing body for cycling says Leia Genis simply didn't meet the requirements for elite-level competition.
The NCAA issued a warning on the matter Monday.
The Mississippi bill would keep transgender girls out of girls' sports, while the South Dakota legislation is a so-called religious freedom measure that would enable discrimination.