On Sunday, the International Swimming Federation (FINA), the world swimming governing body that regulates all the Olympics water-sports competitions, adopted a new “gender inclusion policy” that drastically restricts trans athletes’ eligibility
Photo: FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images In November, the International Olympic Committee released some promising guidelines for transgender and intersex athletes.
Members of the organization voted 71.5 percent in favor of the policy, which was written by a coalition of athletes, scientific and medical advisers, and human-rights experts after the IOC released its recommendations in November. According to CNN, FINA says the athlete group included transgender athletes and coaches.
Responding to the criticism, a spokesperson for the president of FINA stressed in a statement that the organization was not encouraging people to transition before the age of 12. “It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage,” he said. “You can’t transition by that age in most countries and hopefully you wouldn’t be encouraged to.”
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