The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has shut down all of the transphobic haters by backing Olympics bound Laurel Hubbard.
Hubbard made LGBTQ+ history when she joined the New Zealand Olympic team in the women’s super-heavyweight 87+kg category. Shortly after her groundbreaking qualification, spectators criticised the results.
Thomas Bach, the president of IOC, released a statement to Reuters in support of the 43-year-old athlete. “The rules for qualification have been established by the International Weightlifting Federation before the qualifications started.
These rules apply and you cannot change the rules during ongoing competitions,” he said. However, Bach went on to say that the guidelines will be reviewed which may result in