Parker Molloy1d ago
This'll have virtually no effect on trans women, who already weren't competing in the Olympics (in the more than 20 years in which trans women could participate in the Olympics, a grand total of... 1 actually made a team. She came in dead last in her event). However.... apnews.com/article/ioc-...

Transgender women athletes ban...
Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics female events by IOC

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy It aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on women's sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The International Olympic Committee says “eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females.” Eligibility will be determined by "a one‑time SRY gene screening.” It is unclear how many, if any, transgender women are competing at an Olympic level.

AP News
Show threadPax Ahimsa Gethen

@parkermolloy.com

I disagree that this decision will have no effect on trans women. Even if hardly any trans women athletes qualify for the Olympics, it's bigoted and harmful to say that only "biological females" are considered women for the purposes of *any* event.

Mar 26 at 6:18pmWeb
Show threadPax Ahimsa Gethen1d ago

@parkermolloy.com

And yes, I read your whole thread, recognize and agree with the points about cis women athletes also being affected by this policy.