The United Nations is facing renewed calls to prohibition transgender athletes from women's sports aft a study revealed that astir 900 medals person been mislaid to biologic males.
A UN study into 'violence against women and girls, its causes and consequence' recovered that up to 30 March 2024, 'over 600 female athletes successful much than 400 competitions person mislaid much than 890 medals successful 29 different sports'
'The replacement of nan female sports class pinch a mixed-sex class has resulted successful an expanding number of female athletes losing opportunities, including medals, erstwhile competing against males,' Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem wrote.
Following nan report, which was published successful August, campaigners person again urged nan authorities to do much to protect female athletes.
During a sheet past week, Kristen Waggoner of 'Alliance Defending Freedom' insisted that 'high schoolhouse athletes and assemblage girls should not beryllium expected to person to guidelines up for their ain rights.'
The United Nations is facing calls to prohibition transgender athletes from women's sports
Lia Thomas became nan first transgender jock to triumph an NCAA Division I title successful 2022
Instead, Waggoner argued, 'our institutions, our authorities officials and our parents should beryllium opinionated (up) for them.'
'The reality is that an mean antheral jock tin often hit an elite female jock connected nan field. This is why truthful galore sports person been separated connected nan ground of sex,' she said.
'The creation of female diversion spaces has ne'er been astir division, it's astir recognizing objective, biologic differences and empowering women and girls - successful ray of those differences - to reward genuine merit.
'The subject demonstrates that males person an insurmountable advantage complete females and location is nary magnitude of testosterone suppressants that takes distant that advantage.'
There has been increasing contention and statement complete nan early of women's sports successful caller years, notably since swimmer Lia Thomas became nan first transgender jock to triumph an NCAA Division 1 title successful 2022.
The University of Nevada Reno women's volleyball squad refused to compete against a rival squad pinch a transgender player
Earlier this month, the University of Nevada Reno women's volleyball squad refused to compete against a rival squad pinch a transgender player.
UNR's women's volleyball squad recovered itself astatine likelihood pinch its ain assemblage erstwhile it opposed nan school's wish to compete against San Jose State University and transgender subordinate Blaire Fleming.
Nevada became nan fifth squad to opt to forfeit a crippled against SJSU pinch Fleming cited arsenic nan logic due to information concerns.
The Biden management has sought to grow protections for LGBTQ+ students, prompting Republicans to declare nan caller Title IX norm is simply a ruse to let transgender student-athletes to play connected girls' diversion teams. The White House insisted nan caller Title IX norm does not use to athletics.
The squad refused to play San Jose State and transgender subordinate Blaire Fleming (pictured)
Alsalem claimed 'the nonaccomplishment to protect nan female class is 1 of nan astir egregious forms of unit against women and girls' while Waggoner based on that 'allowing biologic men into women's sports not only erases adjacent playing field, it places females successful beingness danger'.
'Evident beingness differences request that categories are separated connected nan ground connected activity successful athletics - that's basal fairness,' she continued.
'The consequence extends beyond nan playing section - women and girls person nan correct to privateness and information and these are flouted each azygous clip a personnel of nan other activity enters into women's friendly spaces.
'The usurpation of these spaces leaves women's and girls highly susceptible and could rightfully lead them to mobility if they want to prosecute athletics astatine all. When laws and policies suffer touch pinch biologic reality, women and girls suffer nan most.'