EGLSF Statement on the IOC’s New Eligibility Policy
The European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) strongly condemns the International Olympic Committee’s decision to reintroduce sex testing and to exclude transgender women and most women with intersex variations from women’s competition. The policy revives outdated, discredited practices that the IOC themselves rejected last century; practices which police women’s bodies, reinforce harmful stereotypes, and place athletes at risk of invasive scrutiny, humiliation, and exclusion. There is no credible evidence that such measures improve fairness in sport; there is, however, extensive evidence of the harm they cause. For further reading, see here. The IOC’s decision marks a clear departure from [...]