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The International Olympic Committee plans to ban transgender women from all female Olympic events early next year after a scientific review found that physical advantages from being born male persist even with hormone treatment, aiming to protect the female category before the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Texas Tech University System has restricted faculty from discussing transgender and nonbinary identities in classrooms, aligning with state laws and executive orders that recognize only male and female sexes, sparking concerns over academic freedom and free speech.
The LPGA and USGA have updated their gender policies, requiring players to be assigned female at birth or have transitioned before male puberty to compete in women's tournaments, starting in 2025. This decision, based on extensive research, aims to ensure competitive fairness while being inclusive of gender identities. The policy affects players like Hailey Davidson, who began transitioning in her 20s. The LPGA and USGA emphasize that the policy is science-based and aligns with similar policies in other sports.
The LPGA has updated its Gender Policy for Competition Eligibility, effective from the 2025 season, to ensure competitive integrity in women's professional and elite amateur golf tournaments. The policy, developed with input from experts and stakeholders, allows only athletes assigned female at birth to compete in LPGA events, excluding those who have undergone male puberty. This decision aims to maintain fairness in women's competitions while offering inclusive opportunities in non-elite events.
Linda Blade, a sport performance professional, praises Premier Danielle Smith for her measured approach to Alberta's new gender identity guidelines, particularly in addressing the impact of biological males who identify as women on women's sports. Blade supports Smith's stance on creating an open category for both biological males and females while retaining a women's only division for biological women, citing evidence of the competitive advantage transgender female athletes have over women and girls. Blade criticizes Canadian sports policy bureaucrats for straying from fairness and science, and commends Smith for being the adult in the room amidst the controversy.
Domestic violence in Ukraine has surged since mid-2022, with registered cases increasing by 51% in the first five months of this year compared to the same period in 2022. Experts attribute the rise to rising stress, economic hardship, unemployment, and trauma related to the ongoing conflict. The majority of victims are women. The problem is expected to worsen as the war persists and endure long after the conflict ends due to traumatised troops returning from the front. Limited resources and redirected funding have strained state support for victims, and the lack of severe penalties for domestic violence offenders remains a concern.
British Cycling has published a new transgender and non-binary participation policy that will prevent riders who were born male from racing in elite female events. The new policy will split racing into “open” and “female” categories, with transgender women, transgender men, non-binary individuals, and those whose sex was assigned male at birth eligible to compete in the open category. The female category will remain for those whose sex was assigned female at birth and for transgender men who are yet to begin hormone therapy. The new policy is the result of a nine-month review, which included a consultation process with riders and stakeholders.