Mastodawn

So where are trans and DSD athletes meant to compete at a professional level now? Are they relegated to local leagues? What if those orgs also decide to ban, using the IOC decision as justification? https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar/26/transgender-women-athletes-banned-from-female-events-at-olympics-by-ioc?CMP=bsky_gu

Transgender women athletes banned from female events at Olympics by IOC

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from competing in the female category at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday

The Guardian

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Jono Mar 27

@jon_dog Kirsty Coventry both ingratiated herself to Robert Mugabe (and worked in his government) and has a history of weird racist stuff. So now she's doing the work of transphobes. Peak girlboss feminism

Also the guy who discovered the gene they test for disagrees with it!
https://www.mcri.edu.au/news/insights-and-opinions/world-athletics-sry-gene-conversation