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Trans women banned from competing in female swimming

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The world’s swimming governing body, FINA, is bringing in new restrictions which effectively ban Transgender women from competing in women’s categories, over concerns about fairness in competition.

The decision was made in a vote amongst 152 national federations at the world championships in Budapest, with 71% in favour of the new policy which comes into […] The post Trans women banned from competing in female swimming appeared first on GCN.

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