Human Rights Experts Condemn Olympic Ban on Transgender Women Athletes

A return to discredited sex testing and exclusionary rules, drawing global human rights and scientific criticism.

IOC officials announce new eligibility rules at a press conference, introducing mandatory sex testing and bans on transgender women athletes.

The International Olympic Committee has reintroduced mandatory sex testing and categorical bans on transgender, intersex and sex-diverse athletes — a move more than 100 human rights, sports and scientific organisat…