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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas out of Olympics after losing legal battle (www.theguardian.com)

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The US swimmer Lia Thomas, who rose to global prominence after becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title in March 2022, has lost a legal case against World Aquatics at the court of arbitration for sport – and with it any hopes of making next month’s Paris Olympics.

The 25-year-old also remains barred from swimming in the female category after failing to overturn rules introduced by swimming’s governing body in the summer of 2022, which prohibit anyone who has undergone “any part of male puberty” from the female category.

Thomas had argued that those rules should be declared “invalid and unlawful” as they were contrary to the Olympic charter and the World Aquatics constitution.

However, in a 24-page decision, the court concluded that Thomas was “simply not entitled to engage with eligibility to compete in WA competitions” as someone who was no longer a member of US swimming.

The news was welcomed by World Aquatics, who hailed it as “a major step forward in our efforts to protect women’s sport”.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Trans people get the lab work you're talking about done regularly anyway, because it's part of ensuring their levels are safe and correct.

You're voting for exclusion (trans competitions will never happen) because you're uncomfortable with trans people having to do something that is already part of their daily lives

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I think you may have misread what I was suggesting.

Trans people should never have to disclose part of their medical history to stay employed. Even if you get regular testing and it's no big deal, what goes into your medical record should be between you, your doctor, and no one else. There should never be a scenario of "Star kicker of [team] barred from competition because her labs showed she is too masc."

My point was not to suggest that as an option, but more that it would be a bad proposition to try to avoid the scenario where trans people would be incentivised to partially detransition (MtF) or take too many supplements (FtM) when athletic performance is directly correlated to how many androgens your body has.

I don't know how to avoid that scenario in a capitalist system, to be honest with you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I'd rather submit my records to a sports oversight board than be excluded from competing.

You say "trans people shouldn't have to disclose their medical history to stay employed", but you're seemingly happy to speak for trans folk and just accept that they should be unemployed.

The real irony being that anyone in elite sports, trans or not, already has to submit to the lab work you're uncomfortable with, as a condition of their employment.

The scenario you're trying to avoid? That's why the lab work already happens, because many cis athletes take performance enhancing drugs to gain advantage, because they're incentivised to in a capitalist society.

But somehow, that lab work is only an issue that you feel the need to speak up on when it's for trans folk?