Category: Women’s Sports
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Medical report leaked that ‘proves Imane Khelif is biological male’
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Sex-test results published online which debunk IOC’s stance on controversial Olympic champion Imane Khelif’s sex-test results from the 2023 World Championships have been published for the first time, with the medical report appearing to indicate that the boxer is biologically male. Just 36 hours after World Boxing ruled that Khelif, a hugely controversial Olympic champion in women’s…
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Two transgender netball players banned from playing in Riddell District Netball Football League
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Two transgender netball players have been banned from competing in a major community Melbourne netball league, the decision coming after a video emerged of a smaller female opponent being knocked over at a weekend match. Two transgender players have been banned from competing in a major community netball league due to their “superior stamina and…
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One of the state’s leading sporting organisations is probing whether transgender players pose a safety risk to female players
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Netball Victoria has engaged an independent expert to review possible on-court safety risks after a club in Melbourne’s outer north said it was worried about the size and strength of transgender players. One of the state’s leading sporting organisations is investigating whether transgender players pose a safety risk to female players. Netball Victoria has launched…
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Uproar over junior transgender athlete’s records
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What should have been a happy, uncontroversial sports day at a Catholic school has become a flashpoint for the participation of transgender youths in girls’ sports and the right of religious schools to design their own policies. The issue erupted after a 13-year-old student who has transitioned from male to female smashed a raft of…
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‘It’s not fair’: Transgender girl smashes records at school sports day
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Parents at a private Catholic school have voiced “anger” after a transgender student broke a number of records competing against girls at a recent sports day. Parents at a private Catholic school in South Australia have voiced “anger” and “disappointment” after a transgender student broke a number of records competing against girls at a recent…
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‘Mum, why was there a man at the pool in a wig and women’s bathers today?’
An unexpected conversation with our kids about mentally ill men and a sick society ‘Mum, why was there a man at the pool in a wig and women’s bathers today? Our 8-year-old daughter innocently piped up as we were driving home from ballet last week. My wife had already been filling me in on the…
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Australian Athletics boss Jane Flemming backs DNA testing for female athletes
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Australian Athletics president Jane Flemming has backed an international move to “protect the female category” in the sport, by requiring DNA tests of competing athletes. Flemming echoed the sentiments of World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe, who this week announced moves to use non-invasive cheek swabs and dry blood tests to determine biological gender. Coe also…
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Policies of Sports Governing Bodies on Inclusion of Transgender Athletes
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by Sarah Kingsley OVERVIEW There is considerable disjunction in the attitudes of various organisations to the essential question of whether biological sex confers significant difference in performance between male and female athletes: and if there are such differences, whether hormone treatments are sufficient to create the required level playing field. At the beginning it was…
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Call on Minister to act on UN Special Rapporteur Report on Women’s Sport
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Women Speak Tasmania have called on the Minister for Sport to take action following UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls Reem Alsalem’s report on women’s sports. With consideration to Algerian professional boxer Imane Khelif Olympics boxing fiasco and numerous other cases of trans-identified males competing in women’s sports, Reem Alsalem has stated…
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on – Violence against women and girls in sports
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In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, explores the various forms, causes and consequences of violence against women and girls in sports. Reem Alsalem has stated ‘female athletes are more vulnerable to sustaining serious physical injuries when female-only sports spaces are opened to…