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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by rideontime on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:21PM (#47535225)
So it's the headline that's inaccurate. It should read "bars women with the SRY gene" rather than "transgender."
Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by Aurornis on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:51PM (#47535553)
The ruling itself is much more nuanced and covers a lot of situations, including extremely rare disorders of sexual development (DSD) and their variations. The most recent controversies on this topic did not involve transgender athletes, but that's largely unknown or misunderstood by people who only know this topic by headlines and sound bites.

The headline writers are relating it back to the topic which brings the most clicks, which is transgender athletes.

The IOC didn't go on a crusade against transgender athletes specifically. They were refining the rules on sex-based divisions and included a lot of considerations and nuance.

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Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by blippz on Thursday March 26, 2026 @05:10PM (#47535777)
Not quite. Only male athletes who have male physiological advantage. A small subset of male athletes with specific disorders of sex development that preclude this advantage may still compete as female.
Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by jojobas on Thursday March 26, 2026 @09:43PM (#47538159)
The former is included in the latter, so while inaccurate it's still correct.
Re:Olympic Committee Announces a Broad Ban of Transgender At... by throwawayk7h on Saturday March 28, 2026 @03:20AM (#47552355)
Just as cis women can have the SRY gene, so too can trans women not have it.