I'm going to start a thread collating expert responses to the IOC's sex testing policy. Please feel free to reply with additions. I'm more interested in the views of scientists than lawyers or philosophers, but everything counts.

Rob Mullins@robertmullins.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Here is the British Journal of Sports Medicine's consensus statement after the World Athletics announcement: a "harmful anachronism" bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/7...

Even if the IOC won’t listen to the people affected by its decisions, we might at least expect it to listen to professional experts when they say that it’s got this very badly wrong.

if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com

Reo Eveleth@reveleth.com · 6mo ago

*sigh* well... I guess we're doing this again www.olympics.com/ioc/news/int...

The Guardian (Australia) notes today that the new IOC rules fly in the face both of international law, including international human rights law, and the scientific evidence on sexed bodies.

Human rights experts raise concerns over Olympics transgender women athlete ban

Over 100 human rights, sports and scientific groups have criticised the new gender eligibility guidelines as ‘a blunt and discriminatory response’

theguardian.com

A statement on the IOC's decision to reintroduce mandatory sex testing for women. Please share widely. Alt text follows in the following posts.

Liz Truss wanted to abolish the Equality Act because she mistakenly thinks “it says whether you’re a woman or whether you’re Black or whether you’re gay is more important than what your talents are.” Is it any surprise then that she turned the EHRC into a vehicle for anti-trans politics?

TODAY’S THE DAY! Four of our runners are going to be in the Brighton Marathon today! Please wish them luck! 🏳️‍⚧️

Tranathon@tranathon.bsky.social · 2y ago

April is going to be a BIG month for Tranathon as we have members participating in both the Brighton Marathon (April 7) and the London Marathon (April 21). We are excited and proud to represent the trans community in these events.

To celebrate Trans Day of Visibility, we’ll be returning to our social media and making some BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. We look forward to sharing the good news, starting with our snazzy new profile pic.

Here we see one of the more prominent anti-trans campaigners in the US stating the reality of the trans people in sports “debate” openly. It’s not about “advantage”, it’s about their belief that societal systems MUST treat trans people as their sex assigned at birth in all cases.

Right here is a clear example of what we're trying to fight against. Anti-trans groups have recently made a push to target local parkruns (the free-to-enter, non-competitive, mixed-gender events) for basic trans inclusion. www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/02/p...

Anti-trans activists protest non-competitive Parkrun event over trans inclusion

Anti-trans activists have staged a protest at Parkrun in Manchester over trans women being allowed to participate.

thepinknews.com

First up, we're celebrating one of our members, Caelyn, who ran in the Cardiff Half Marathon on October 1st achieving a time of 2:55:53.

Hi, we’re Tranathon.  We’re a group of trans people in the UK trying to increase representation and fight transphobia by participating in public running events such as marathons and parkruns.