On Sunday, the International Swimming Federation took a stand on transgender athletes the NCAA has refused to take.
Lia Thomas and many other transgender swimmers have been officially banned from competing in women’s events on the world stage.
According to YahooSports!, 71.5 percent of the sport’s governing body, known by its French acronym FINA, voted for the new policy.
That being the case, the decision is far from a full-on ban of transgender competition.
Specifically, the new policy dictates that transgender swimmers must “have completed their transition by age 12 to be able to compete.”
This does not mean that FINA supports early childhood transitioning, however.
“This is not saying that people are encouraged to transition by the age of 12. It’s what the scientists are saying, that if you transition after the start of puberty, you have an advantage, which is unfair,” James Pearce, the spokesperson for FINA president Husain Al-Musallam, told The Associated Press.
Any doctor that aids a child to transform their sex needs to be executed
First and foremost: Do no harm.
Can Bruce Jenner Play !!!!!! LOL LOL
Sensibility reigns!
Good start, but where did they get the “12”?? Actual puberty ages are more from “8” to “16…
Why did this take so long? Real justice also means taking away those ill-gotten trophies a, records and titles and giving/returning them to their rightful biologically female owners.
I saw a Lia Thomas interview and all he did was talk about himself and justified his competing against women because it made him happy.
He stated that when he competed against men and lost he was unhappy.
I $hit you not, all about him without an ounce of thought about anyone else, and the ramifications of his selfishness.
So is that face going on a Wheaties box or not?
Send lia Thomas to Russia. They could put “it” in the same jail cell with the lesbian basketball player. They would make a good pair
He’s a wuss that can’t compete with men.