New Olympic Guidelines Aim for Greater Trans Inclusion
the IOC has dropped a blanket limit on athletes’ testosterone levels, which determined trans women’s eligibility to compete with cisgender women.
Now the governing body for each sport is tasked with determining eligibility, and the IOC is urging those bodies to avoid pressuring athletes “to undergo medically unnecessary procedures or treatment to meet eligibility criteria,” as the framework document states.The document, titled “IOC Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations,” says the IOC recognizes “both the need to ensure that everyone, regardless of their gender identity or sex variations,” can participate in sports without discrimination or harassment and the need to ensure.
