Olympic Committee Moves Toward Banning Trans-Identifying Males From Womens Sports

Olympic rings are pictured outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ahead of newly elected President Kirsty Coventry first Executive Board meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 25, 2025. Denis Balibouse/ReutersThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Nov. 10 that a working group is considering whether to ban transgender-identifying athletes from all women’s sports in the Los Angeles Olympics, but that no decision has yet been taken.The IOC issued a statement following British media reports that biological males will be universally barred from women’s events in all sports in the 2028 games—but did not deny this would be the likely outcome, following several sporting bodies tightening up their rules around entry in the female category.