""Decisions like this perpetuate misinformation and contribute to stigma and the hostility we currently see towards transgender people," one activist says."
""There's a long history of this," said Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition Deputy Director Kelsey Grunstra. "It is very frustrating that this continues to be a problem, but it's not something that we're particularly surprised about.""
"The IOC said the policy is intended to "uphold fairness, safety and integrity in elite sport," citing average differences in testosterone levels and physical attributes between men and women that could create performance advantages."
"Grunstra pointed to decades of sex verification in international sports, dating back to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, when officials began allowing challenges to women athletes' sex amid fears about "gender ambiguity.""
The International Olympic Committee has adopted a policy that prohibits transgender women from competing in women's events, aligning with a previous executive order. This policy focuses on biological criteria, including testosterone levels and genetic testing, which activists argue perpetuates stigma and misinformation. The policy's reliance on the SRY gene testing could exclude both transgender women and some intersex athletes. Activists express frustration over the revival of sex verification practices, recalling a long history of such measures in international sports.
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