The International Olympic Committee has banned transgender women and DSD athletes from the female category of events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and future Games. Kirsty Coventry, the president of the IOC, said the landmark decision had been taken because “it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category”. The IOC has also confirmed that all athletes wanting to compete in the female category at future Olympics will have to undergo a one-off SRY (sex determining region Y gene) screening to detect their biological sex. So, it is absolutely clear that it would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category. “We wholeheartedly welcome the new IOC guidelines that secure a safe and fair female category,” its interim chair Emma Hilton said.

Source: The Guardian March 26, 2026 19:52 UTC