Fina Votes To Restrict Transgender Athletes From Competing In Top Women S Track And Field
The new gender mainstreaming policy, which is due to take effect on June 20, 2022, states that transgender female-to-female athletes will only be eligible to compete in the FINA Games if they reach the age of 12 or before reach the second stage of adolescence on the Tanner scale. The policy also states that athletes who have previously used testosterone as part of female-to-male sex reassignment hormone therapy will only be eligible to compete in women’s races only if testosterone has been used for less than a year overall....