VICTORY: Competitive cycling's international governing body has now officially banned dysphoric male athletes from competing in the women's category.
Competitive cycling’s international governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale , has now officially banned male-born athletes from competing in the women’s category.
“The meeting of the UCI Management Committee was held following a seminar on the conditions for the participation of transgender athletes in women’s cycling events, organized by the UCI on 21 June, at which the various stakeholders – transgender and cisgender athletes, experts from the scientific, legal and human rights fields, and sporting institutions – were able to present their respective positions,” the statement“From now on, female transgender athletes who have transitioned after puberty...
This rule pretty much eliminates all trans female athletes from being able to compete in the women’s category, as very few trans people perform their transitions before puberty.
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