Even before her first race at the Paris Paralympics 2024, Italian sprinter Valentina Petrillo is aware she will make history as the first trans athlete to compete in the Paralympic Games. “I hope to be the first of many,” says the 50-year-old, who will compete in the 400m T12 event for visually impaired athletes. Petrillo, […]
World Athletics is to exclude transgender women who have gone through male puberty from female events with the body’s president, Lord Sebastian Coe, saying “decisive action” had been taken to “protect the female category in our sport”.
Sports chiefs have found themselves with a tough decision to make whether to allow male-born trans women to compete in female categories.
Senior figures from major national sporting bodies are understood to have been asked to meet Michelle Donelan MP – Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary – to discuss the matter
Caster Semenya, an out gay South African athlete is taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
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