Los Angeles Times

A sex test for Olympic contenders harms all women

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The International Olympic Committee claims that requiring sex testing for every female athlete will “protect women ...
Human Rights Watch

Sex Testing All Women Athletes is a Discriminatory Rights Violation

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced last week that they are going to genetically sex test all women athletes. The newly announced policy follows a secret process the IOC initiated last ...
Mother Jones

The Ugly History Behind the Olympics’ New Gender Test

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On March 26, the International Olympic Committee announced that all athletes ...
The Conversation

Sex test used in IOC’s new transgender ban more likely to exclude from Olympics intersex women who were assigned female at birth

Sex testing in elite sports has had a long, inconsistent history. anton5146/iStock via Getty Images Plus But the IOC statement hides the complexity of biological sex and continues the organization’s ...
NPR

The Olympic committee bans trans athletes from women's events, raising many questions

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will ban transgender athletes from competing in women's events, based on the results of mandatory genetic screening. The IOC announced the policy on Thursday ...
LGBTQ Nation

Olympic committee will force all women to undergo genetic testing as part of new trans ban

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially banned transgender women from competing in women’s Olympic events. The new policy also introduces mandatory genetic testing requirements for ...

SRY gene test to make debut in Ranchi nationals

RANCHI: In a first in Indian athletics, women will undergo the SRY gene tests in the ongoing Senior National Athletics Federation Competition, Athletics Federation of India (AFI) top official Lalit ...