I love how we're going back to "women are inferior to men in every way and must be segregated, which also means transphobia, because of course it does."
Ya, know, I try to stay positive in my posts, but I can't any longer. I'm soul sick! I'm sick in my heart with all this hate/discrimination against my beloved community.
Let’s be honest about what this is, and isn’t. This isn’t (just) a discriminatory attack on trans people. Obviously not, because trans men aren’t subject to the genetic tests and are apparently free to compete,
What this is, is discriminatory misogyny against ALL women. Because all women - whether cis or trans - are now subject to these invasive, privacy-busting tests if they want to compete. How’s it going to feel when their male counterparts don’t have to undergo these same tests? Also, what safeguards are there against grift and corruption in the administration of the tests, or against the misuse of the genetic material, or unintended privacy violations, once it’s released to the lab? What about lab errors? And who is going to pay for all of this mass testing?
Apparently the chickens are coming home to roost for all of those cis women who cheered on transphobia, thinking it wouldn’t ever affect them.
The decision by the International Olympic Committee to reintroduce mandatory, broad “sex testing” screening of all women athletes represents a profound step backward — scientifically, ethically, morally and just disgusting.
Policies like this were abandoned nearly three decades ago for a reason: they were invasive, discriminatory, and fundamentally flawed.
Generic sex testing was abolished 27 years ago after overwhelming evidence showed that biological sex is not a simple binary measurable through a single test.
Human biology is complex. Chromosomes, hormones, anatomy, and genetics do not fit into rigid categories, and attempts to force athletes into outdated definitions have historically resulted in humiliation, wrongful exclusion, and lifelong harm to women who did nothing more than exist naturally outside arbitrary standards.
Reinstating mass screening treats every woman athlete as suspect before she even steps onto the field.
It replaces inclusion with surveillance and dignity with suspicion. Women — particularly those from the Global South, women with naturally occurring variations in sex characteristics, and women who do not conform to narrow expectations of femininity — will once again bear the burden of invasive scrutiny.
Sport should celebrate excellence, dedication, and human achievement, not police bodies.
Mandatory sex testing does not protect fairness; it institutionalizes discrimination under the guise of regulation.
It risks banning talented athletes based on biology they cannot control, reinforcing harmful stereotypes about what women are “supposed” to look like or be.
The Olympic movement claims to stand for respect, unity, and human dignity.
Policies like this undermine those very principles.
They revive a discredited practice rooted in fear rather than science and exclusion rather than fairness.
This policy would not protect women’s sports — it would shrink them, stigmatize them, and erase athletes who deserve the chance to compete with pride and dignity.
The International Olympic Committee must reject mandatory sex testing and recommit to policies grounded in modern science, human rights, and respect for all athletes.
The result of this testing will be a disaster causing both physical and emotional pain beyond the sports world
I believe that both men and women athletes should boycott the olympics if this policy remains in place.
Very helpful comments. I know a few men, all mds, who think that trans women , if tested, would show they still have more strength after several years of hormone treatment. This is awful, & as several have already said, cruel. Didn’t the Olympic committee learn anything from last time they did this? Oh, of course not- they want to stay on trumps side. No sense in them possibly getting g him riled up. Must be money to be had from this.
If the 2028 games were to be in any other country, I don't believe this ban would be taking place. I'd bet just about anything that the U.S. regime leaned HARD on the IOC and **forced them** to impose the ban... or else.
As it is, I hope the world boycotts the games for the U.S. regime's support of the genocide and for it's illegal war on Iran.
There are emails, meeting notes, memos etc that will have gone into this decision. Would be great if someone could compile those. Swear its ridiculous that my first thought now is to ask outside techie people lol...we shouldn't have to rely on that type of assistance on every f'ing thing these days.
Ridiculous! I am an intersex transgender woman. Assigned male at birth. I have XX chromosomes and no SRY gene present. So technically I would pass the test. This is purely political
Ok, they banned the 1 ever trans woman in history from competing in the sporting event of society’s elites. I can’t even afford to stream the Olympics, much less participate in it.
The nonexistent threat of trans women participating in the Olympics has been neutralized: what’s the over-under on them leaving us alone now?
Science is not the point. Cruelty is the point, and if it comes with a side of misogyny, so much the better.
So the men don't have to be tested? Seems sus to me. Sex isn't the neat little binary that conservatives like to think it is.
Right??
I love how we're going back to "women are inferior to men in every way and must be segregated, which also means transphobia, because of course it does."
fucking nazis ~ all of them!!! this is absolute BS!!! BOYCOTT the OLYMPICS!!!!
Ya, know, I try to stay positive in my posts, but I can't any longer. I'm soul sick! I'm sick in my heart with all this hate/discrimination against my beloved community.
"And the ignorant shall be cruel." The Book of Misogyny, 1:I-10.
Let’s be honest about what this is, and isn’t. This isn’t (just) a discriminatory attack on trans people. Obviously not, because trans men aren’t subject to the genetic tests and are apparently free to compete,
What this is, is discriminatory misogyny against ALL women. Because all women - whether cis or trans - are now subject to these invasive, privacy-busting tests if they want to compete. How’s it going to feel when their male counterparts don’t have to undergo these same tests? Also, what safeguards are there against grift and corruption in the administration of the tests, or against the misuse of the genetic material, or unintended privacy violations, once it’s released to the lab? What about lab errors? And who is going to pay for all of this mass testing?
Apparently the chickens are coming home to roost for all of those cis women who cheered on transphobia, thinking it wouldn’t ever affect them.
Not only that, but LA is not like the rest of the US; it’s very accepting of trans people!
That being said, given the federal mandated discrimination, I can see why the IOC had caved to Trumpy…
The decision by the International Olympic Committee to reintroduce mandatory, broad “sex testing” screening of all women athletes represents a profound step backward — scientifically, ethically, morally and just disgusting.
Policies like this were abandoned nearly three decades ago for a reason: they were invasive, discriminatory, and fundamentally flawed.
Generic sex testing was abolished 27 years ago after overwhelming evidence showed that biological sex is not a simple binary measurable through a single test.
Human biology is complex. Chromosomes, hormones, anatomy, and genetics do not fit into rigid categories, and attempts to force athletes into outdated definitions have historically resulted in humiliation, wrongful exclusion, and lifelong harm to women who did nothing more than exist naturally outside arbitrary standards.
Reinstating mass screening treats every woman athlete as suspect before she even steps onto the field.
It replaces inclusion with surveillance and dignity with suspicion. Women — particularly those from the Global South, women with naturally occurring variations in sex characteristics, and women who do not conform to narrow expectations of femininity — will once again bear the burden of invasive scrutiny.
Sport should celebrate excellence, dedication, and human achievement, not police bodies.
Mandatory sex testing does not protect fairness; it institutionalizes discrimination under the guise of regulation.
It risks banning talented athletes based on biology they cannot control, reinforcing harmful stereotypes about what women are “supposed” to look like or be.
The Olympic movement claims to stand for respect, unity, and human dignity.
Policies like this undermine those very principles.
They revive a discredited practice rooted in fear rather than science and exclusion rather than fairness.
This policy would not protect women’s sports — it would shrink them, stigmatize them, and erase athletes who deserve the chance to compete with pride and dignity.
The International Olympic Committee must reject mandatory sex testing and recommit to policies grounded in modern science, human rights, and respect for all athletes.
The result of this testing will be a disaster causing both physical and emotional pain beyond the sports world
I believe that both men and women athletes should boycott the olympics if this policy remains in place.
Very helpful comments. I know a few men, all mds, who think that trans women , if tested, would show they still have more strength after several years of hormone treatment. This is awful, & as several have already said, cruel. Didn’t the Olympic committee learn anything from last time they did this? Oh, of course not- they want to stay on trumps side. No sense in them possibly getting g him riled up. Must be money to be had from this.
I tried not to get into trump with this but I’m sure that he no doubt had something to do with this
If the 2028 games were to be in any other country, I don't believe this ban would be taking place. I'd bet just about anything that the U.S. regime leaned HARD on the IOC and **forced them** to impose the ban... or else.
As it is, I hope the world boycotts the games for the U.S. regime's support of the genocide and for it's illegal war on Iran.
Who is pushing this? Which countries?
The USA most likely
There are emails, meeting notes, memos etc that will have gone into this decision. Would be great if someone could compile those. Swear its ridiculous that my first thought now is to ask outside techie people lol...we shouldn't have to rely on that type of assistance on every f'ing thing these days.
This was done to be in compliance with dump's executive order, as the games are in LA. That said, there was still no reason the IOC had to do it.
Ridiculous! I am an intersex transgender woman. Assigned male at birth. I have XX chromosomes and no SRY gene present. So technically I would pass the test. This is purely political
Ok, they banned the 1 ever trans woman in history from competing in the sporting event of society’s elites. I can’t even afford to stream the Olympics, much less participate in it.
The nonexistent threat of trans women participating in the Olympics has been neutralized: what’s the over-under on them leaving us alone now?
Are any teams/ athletes boycotting over this?
They should
The solace to take is the certainty, that this will end up back at the IOC policy of 2004 through 2018, and then it will stick.
Thank you Erin.
Let the testing begin! If enough cis-het women are humiliated this way, perhaps there will be a change of heart.
this is terrible. Also - not testing the men? that's crap. if they do this stupid thing it should be for all athletes. Maybe for all coaches too.