Kate Sosin

LGBTQ+ reporter

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An announcement was never made, and the word “transgender” appears nowhere in the document. But effective June 18, The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee updated its eligibility policy to bar transgender women from competing in women’s sports in order to comply with a February executive order issued by President Donald Trump.

The move marks a profound turn of policy: The International Olympic Committee has long set the standard for world sports by including transgender women in competition after transition. That decision was based on a study of transgender runners who were found to be slower after medical transition. The United States is now breaking with tradition by creating its own restrictive

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