India, March 30 -- Transgender athletes will no longer be allowed to participate in women's events at the Olympic Games under changes announced by the International Olympic Committee. The changes will come into effect from the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
"Blanket exclusion and coercive testing of transgender athletes is a blunt and discriminatory response that is not supported by science and violates international human rights law. Mandatory genetic sex testing and rigid biological criteria as a condition for participation in the women's category violates fundamental and universal human rights as set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including the right to equality, non-discrimination, dignity, privacy and bodily...