On 16 November, the ‘IOC Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations’ set out 10 “principles” that aim to guide individual sports federations when drafting new rules.
The move means that trans inclusion will not be ruled on in a universal way regardless of the sport and will instead be done so on a case-by-case basis to determine the appropriate criteria of each one.
One of the fundamental differences between these guidelines and those established in 2015 is that there is now no mention of specific hormone levels required to participate.
Previously, it was ruled that trans women must maintain a testosterone level of below 10 nmol/L for a year, which is now replaced with “primacy