{"id":24386,"date":"2026-03-30T14:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=24386"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:12:05","slug":"international-olympic-committee-adopts-new-policy-on-transgender-identity-and-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=24386","title":{"rendered":"International Olympic Committee Adopts New Policy on Transgender Identity and Women\u2019s Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(THE DAILY SIGNAL) \u2013 The International Olympic Committee announced Thursday that it would\u00a0restrict women\u2019s sports\u00a0to biological females, as determined by a genetic test.\n<\/p>\n

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The policy will go into effect for the Los Angeles 2028\u00a0Olympic Games\u00a0onwards.\n<\/p>\n

The IOC adopted as the standard a test for the gene associated with the sex-determining region Y protein, also known as SRY. The SRY gene is responsible for the initiation of male sex determination.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cEligibility for the female category is to be determined in the first instance by SRY gene screening to detect the absence or presence of the SRY gene,\u201d the\u00a0IOC press release notes.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on scientific evidence, the IOC considers that the presence of the SRY gene is fixed throughout life and represents highly accurate evidence that an athlete has experienced male sex development.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scientific evidence is very clear: Male chromosomes give performance advantages in sports that rely on strength, power, or endurance,\u201d IOC President Kirsty Coventry said in a video included with the release.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, the IOC considers that SRY gene screening via saliva, cheek swab or blood sample is unintrusive compared to other possible methods,\u201d the statement adds.\n<\/p>\n

Transgender activists have insisted that men who identify as women should be allowed to compete in women\u2019s sports.\n<\/p>\n

Critics have long argued, however, that women\u2019s sports must be kept separate to allow women to compete on a level playing field, and that men enjoy biological advantages that undermine fairness in women\u2019s sports.\n<\/p>\n

A\u00a02019 study\u00a0in The Journal of Medical Ethics found that the IOC\u2019s previous rules allowing men to compete in women\u2019s sports created an \u201cintolerable unfairness.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe recent International Olympic Committee (IOC) (2015) guidelines allow transwomen to compete in the women\u2019s division if (amongst other things) their testosterone is held below 10 nmol\/L. This is significantly higher than that of cis-women,\u201d the researchers conclude. \u201cScience demonstrates that high testosterone and other male physiology provides a performance advantage in sport suggesting that transwomen retain some of that advantage.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Differences between male and female development\u00a0begin in the womb\u00a0and continue throughout life. As\u00a0Duke Law School professor\u00a0Doriane Lambelet Coleman testified,\u00a0if the pro-transgender Equality Act allowed biological men to compete in women\u2019s sports,\u00a0\u201cthe very best women in the world would lose to literally thousands of boys and men, including thousands who would be considered second-tier.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the right decision\u2014and a meaningful step forward,\u201d\u00a0Payton McNabb, a former high school women\u2019s volleyball athlete who suffered a brain bleed after competing against a male at age 17, said in a statement on the IOC decision.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cFor too long, there has been inconsistency and a lack of clarity around protecting the women\u2019s category,\u201d McNabb added. \u201cWe\u2019re thankful to see the IOC take a clear, firm stance that prioritizes fairness, safety, and integrity for female athletes moving forward.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

In January, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two women\u2019s sports cases\u2014West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox\u2014where the American Civil Liberties Union, representing male athletes who claim to identify as women, is challenging the constitutionality of laws protecting women\u2019s sports.\n<\/p>\n

Matt Sharp, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, told\u00a0The Daily Signal\u00a0that even lawyers on the transgender side know they are losing the issue.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re starting to make the case, \u2018Well, we\u2019re really only talking about boys that \u2026 have been on puberty blockers or hormones or something, so that there is no sports advantage,\u2019\u201d Sharp explained.\n<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published in The Daily Signal.<\/em>
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