' It's what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,' said James Pearce, who is the spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam. (via CBS News)
World swimming's governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women's events, starting Monday.
"They're not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that's ridiculous. You can't transition by that age in most countries and hopefully you wouldn't be encouraged to. Basically, what they're saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.
"No one quite knows how this is going to work. And we need to include a lot of different people, including transgender athletes, to work out how it would work," he said."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,".
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.
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