Puer Triste1d ago
Parker Molloy
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
Mar 26 at 1:58pmWeb
Show threadParker Molloy1d ago
This is absolutely going to affect a whole bunch of cis women.
Show threadParker Molloy1d ago
Just pulling up Summer Olympics data (too lazy to include Winter Olympics stuff, but this will give you a good idea what kind of numbers we're talking about here), there have been a total of 29,458 female athletes since trans women were allowed to qualify in 2004. 1 was trans. 0.0034% of total.
Show threadParker Molloy1d ago
3 of these competitors medaled in +87 kg weightlifting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. One of them came in dead last.
Show threadParker Molloy1d ago
In any case, I think all the stories that are going to frame this as being about trans athletes are, at best, a bit misleading. Trans women already weren't competing at the Olympics, with one exception in 20 years. Here's the real 🚨🚨🚨:
Show threadParker Molloy1d ago
In 2024, there was a huge freak out about trans women at the Olympics. But there weren't any trans women at the Olympics. I find it weird that the policy that's coming out of this is being framed with headlines specifically about trans athletes. (tbh, if the IOC wants to ban trans women, fine)
Show threadParker Molloy1d ago
I do feel bad for the cis women athletes who who end up getting lifetime disqualifications as the result of this policy, and I think that's where media coverage on this should focus. Framing it as a ban on trans athletes doesn't tell the full (or most important parts of the) story.
Show threadParker Molloy1d ago
Back in 2019, I wrote about the tendency of media to botch reporting on women athletes with DSD by lumping them into discussions about whether trans women should be allowed to participate. It does these women a huge disservice and leaves the public less informed. www.cjr.org/criticism/ca...

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Caster Semenya, and the myth of the uneven playing field

South African track and field superstar Caster Semenya is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time world champion in the women’s 800-meter. She may have run her last race at the international level thanks to a May 1 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The court upheld an International Association of Athletics […]

Columbia Journalism Review
Show threadJackie1d ago
@parkermolloy.com the US government will probably use this to go after black athletes or something.
Show threadMoriel 🏳️‍⚧️1d ago

@parkermolloy.com

I have ask, why does it matter that it will also affect cis women? When the response to oppressive policies targetting trans women is "but think about how it will affect cis women" then the inherent wrongness of attacks on trans women is minimized. The response really ought to be "this policy is bad because it negative affects trans women, and that is bad in and of itself regardless of how cis women are impacted"

Show threadPax Ahimsa Gethen1d ago

@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.

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.

Show threadCarolyn1d ago
@parkermolloy.com What I hate will be the dehumanizing of women to prove they are women. :(