FINA has voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in women's elite races. The ban comes after a new “gender inclusion policy' only permits swimmers who transitioned before the age of 12 to compete in women’s events. 9News READ MORE:
World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events.
“Basically, what they’re saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.”The World Professional Association for Transgender Health just lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition hormone treatment to 14 and some surgeries to 15 or 17.The organisation said it was setting up “a new working group that will spend the next six months looking at the most effective ways to set up this new category”.
"So there are no details of how that would work. The open category is something that will start being discussed tomorrow.” FINA’s “deeply discriminatory, harmful, unscientific” new policy is “not in line with framework on fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations,” Anne Lieberman of Athlete Ally, a non-profit that advocates for LGBTQ athletes, said in a statement.
In March, Lia Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship, the 500-yard freestyle.that she was aiming to become an Olympic swimmer.
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