IOC Bans Trans Athletes

Rachel Treisman for NPR with the story:

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s events, based on the results of mandatory genetic screening.

So glad we’re subjecting athletes, and only women athletes to this.

…the scientist who discovered the SRY gene in 1990, Andrew Sinclair, has publicly opposed using the test to determine biological sex.

So, there’s a potential for plenty of false positives – exactly what solves this problem, fantastic!

Nevertheless, controversy ballooned in Paris 2024 when right-wing politicians and commentators called into question the sexes of two female boxers who had been previously disqualified from boxing world championships after failing eligibility tests.
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While the accusations were not proven true, they sparked a global debate over gender eligibility and prompted the IOC to begin the review that led to this policy.

Seems like the IOC found their own ‘Peace Prize’ for Trump, and it comes in the shape of a giant dick.