FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of its new 'gender inclusion policy' that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women's events.
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- World swimming's governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women's events, starting Monday.Penn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas speaks out about backlash, future plans to compete
"They're not saying everyone should transition by age 11, that's ridiculous. You can't transition by that age in most countries and hopefully you wouldn't be encouraged to. Basically, what they're saying is that it is not feasible for people who have transitioned to compete without having an advantage.
"No one quite knows how this is going to work. And we need to include a lot of different people, including transgender athletes, to work out how it would work," he said."So there are no details of how that would work. The open category is something that will start being discussed tomorrow." FINA said it recognizes"that some individuals and groups may be uncomfortable with the use of medical and scientific terminology related to sex and sex-linked traits some use of sensitive terminology is needed to be precise about the sex characteristics that justify separate competition categories."
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