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The US swimmer Lia Thomas, who rose to global prominence after becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title in March 2022, has lost a legal case against World Aquatics at the court of arbitration for sport – and with it any hopes of making next month’s Paris Olympics.

The 25-year-old also remains barred from swimming in the female category after failing to overturn rules introduced by swimming’s governing body in the summer of 2022, which prohibit anyone who has undergone “any part of male puberty” from the female category.

Thomas had argued that those rules should be declared “invalid and unlawful” as they were contrary to the Olympic charter and the World Aquatics constitution.

However, in a 24-page decision, the court concluded that Thomas was “simply not entitled to engage with eligibility to compete in WA competitions” as someone who was no longer a member of US swimming.

The news was welcomed by World Aquatics, who hailed it as “a major step forward in our efforts to protect women’s sport”.

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[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

So we cant compete if we have ever had testosterone in our blood, even though cis women also have blood testosterone and can undergo testosterone related hormonal puberty if they have certain conditions, and also we are not allowed to transition before the age of 16 which would mean we had undergone some measure of testosterone hormonal puberty. Also, the concept of "male puberty" is awfully ill-defined isnt it. Have cis women with PCOS gone through "male puberty" ? What specifically constitutes "male puberty"? What hormonal levels are necessary to qualify for "male puberty"? Can Cis men with hormonal deficiency disorders compete in womens sports? To what end does this ruling "protect women's sports"? This does nothing in a sport that has 1 single trans female athlete except specifically ban her from competing under some misguided notion of "fairness". I'd love to see them describe how excluding anyone is meant to protect anything, let alone fairness. When will height categories be instituted? When will we make wingspan brackets? How exactly is this competition meant to be fair to begin with?

So this is just a de facto ban on trans women participating in any sports under this organization. Nice. Just say that then. No woman is going to accept being forced to compete in a men's category, so all you have done is single out and exclude one group of women based on their status as transgender. Creating an "open" bracket does nothing either, as there are probably only 1 or 2 trans athletes who would be competing in this organization anyway.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't a woman compete in a men's category?

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (11 children)

The categories are gender segregated. It's not that no woman would ever do so or want to; it's that banning a woman from women's sports is saying that she's not a woman. That's the very point of the category to begin with. Forcing a woman to compete in men's category is declaring her to be a man, which is something the overwhelming majority of women would not stand for.

Recall the controversy surrounding Caster Semenya. She was very much declared not to be a woman by an international sporting organization.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

What if a women wanted to compete?
How is it ok for one gender, in your view, but not ok for the other?

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

What if....

Maybe cross that made up bridge when you get to it? So far this hasn't happened and is only being imagined as a strawman to argue in favour of this transphobic discrimination.

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (5 children)

To compete with men? Afaik most organizations do not have rules explicity banning women from men's sports. Not sure what you're talking about.

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Not sure why this is being down-voted. Most organizations do not have rules saying women can't compete in men's sports.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Just one of many ways in which conservative politicians and institutions run by them are trying to exclude trans people from society.

Competition rules forbid participation after undergoing “any part of male puberty” while laws forbid any sort of prepubescent transition or even blocking of puberty.

In closing, I would like to relay the following message to World Aquatics and the Court: FUCK you and your oppressive bigotry! 🖕🖕🖕

[–] cannibalkitteh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well this comment section is awful.

[–] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Lot of good choices for blocking and making your Lemmy experience less hateful. There are def some terfs and terf-adjacent types in here.

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