#ioc-trans-ban

#ioc-trans-ban

Eileen Gu is a two-time Olympian and six-time medalist in freestyle skiing, officially recognized as the best in history in her sport, earning $23 million last year in endorsements.

Zahra Ghanbari was among a group of six players who sought asylum in Australia after the Women's Asian Cup, but later returned home and were celebrated.

Union Berlin has made history after appointing Marie-Louise Eta as their new head coach, becoming the first club in Europe's top five leagues to have a female head coach. Eta takes the job on an interim basis until the end of the season, having previously served as the club's assistant and U19 manager.

Since the 1990s, a largely underground upwelling of trans creativity has helped new trans identities, communities, and political movements come together. Trans Cinema provides an entryway to the wildly diverse and creative cinema made by trans creators, including those who are BIPOC.

"Athletes who screen negative for the SRY gene permanently satisfy this policy's eligibility criteria for competition in the female category. Unless there is reason to believe that a negative reading is in error, this will be a once-in-a-lifetime test."

World Athletics, the international governing body for athletics, requires all athletes to undergo an SRY test before competing in the female category for all major championships and Diamond League events. The rule is in place to exclude trans women and intersex people from competition. The SRY gene tests are used to detect the presence of the Y chromosome via a cheek swab or blood sample and cost £185.

Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif says she is willing to undergo genetic sex testing to compete in the Olympics should the International Olympic Committee (IOC) require it. "Of course, I would accept doing anything I'm required to do to participate in competitions," the 26-year-old cisgender Algerian boxing champion told CNN this week, stipulating that she would only submit to testing by the IOC. According to CNN, Khelif's statement marks the first time she has publicly addressed the possibility of having to submit to genetic testing

President Donald Trump called Team USA member Hunter Hess "a real Loser" and said it was "very hard to root for someone like this" after the 27-year-old freeskier's comments about representing his country at the Winter Olympics. A reporter asked Hess at a news conference on February 6 what it means to him to represent the United States in the current climate, both domestically and internationally. He responded that it "brings up mixed emotions" and was "a little hard."

It's definitely heavy. Heavier than I expected. I think that's maybe why it broke.

World Boxing took over as the sport's governing body last year, and it implemented a sex eligibility policy last August requiring all fighters to take a one-time genetic test designed to identify the presence of a Y chromosome.

"Their secret fling evolves into an eight-year journey of self-discovery and rivalry. Over time, they must learn how to chase their desires on and off the ice. "Torn between the sport they live for and the love they can't ignore, Shane and Ilya must decide if there is room in their fiercely competitive world for something as fragile and as powerful as real love."

"Grindr shows users who's nearby and how far away they are. In most contexts, that's useful. In the Olympic Village where thousands of athletes are packed into a small area, those same features may become a liability. Someone outside the Village could browse profiles inside it. Distance data could be used to pinpoint someone's exact location. And simply appearing on Grindr tells the world something about a person's identity that, in more than 60 countries, remains a criminal offence,"