- World Athletics has banned transgender female athletes from competing in the female category at international events.
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The governing body’s president, Lord Coe, said no female transgender athlete who had gone through male puberty would be permitted to compete in female world ranking competitions from 31 March.
- A working group will be set up to conduct further research into the transgender eligibility guidelines.
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World Athletics Bans Trans Athletes From Competing In World Ranking Events
Students at McLean High School in McLean, Va., walk out of classes Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Student activists held school walkouts across Virginia on Tuesday to protest Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's proposed changes to the state's guidance on district policies for transgender students that would roll back some accommodations. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)
