I stand corrected on the first bit.
It would be helpful if you link the actual
UN report.
Here are the snippets pertaining to trans athletes...
7. Female athletes are also more vulnerable to sustaining serious physical injurieswhen female-only sports spaces are opened to males,9as documented in disciplinessuch as in volleyball,10 basketball11 and soccer.12 Instances have been reported whereadult males have been included in teams of underage girls. 13 Injuries have includedknocked-out teeth,14 concussions resulting in neural impairment,15 broken legs16 andskull fractures.17 According to scientific studies, males have certain performanceadvantages in sports. One study asserts that, even in non-elite sport, “the leastpowerful man produced more power than the most powerful woman” and states that,where men and women have roughly the same levels of fitness, males’ averagepunching power has been measured as 162 per cent greater than females. 18
11. Policies implemented by international federations and national governingbodies, along with national legislation in some countries, allow males who identifyas women to compete in female sports categories. 28 In other cases, this practice is notexplicitly prohibited and is thus tolerated in practice. The replacement of the femalesports category with a mixed-sex category has resulted in an increasing number offemale athletes losing opportunities, including medals, when competing againstmales. According to information received, by 30 March 2024, over 600 femaleathletes in more than 400 competitions have lost more than 890 medals in 29 differentsports.2912. Male athletes have specific attributes considered advantageous in certain sports,such as strength and testosterone levels that are higher than those of the average rangefor females, even before puberty,30 thereby resulting in the loss of fair opportunity.Some sports federations mandate testosterone suppression for athletes in order toqualify for female categories in elite sports. However, pharmaceutical testosteronesuppression for genetically male athletes – irrespective of how they identify – willnot eliminate the set of comparative performance advantages they have alreadyacquired.31 This approach may not only harm the health of the athlete concerned, butit also fails to achieve its stated objective. Therefore, the testosterone levels deemedacceptable by any sporting body are, at best, not evidence-based, arbitrary32 andasymmetrically favour males.33 Females are usually tested randomly to ensure thatthey are not using performance-enhancing drugs, while males are often not monitoredto ensure that they are taking testosterone suppression drugs. 34 To avoid the loss of afair opportunity, males must not compete in the female categories of sport. 35
31. Female athletes and coaches who object to the inclusion of men in their spacesdue to concerns about safety, privacy and fairness are silenced or forced to selfcensor; otherwise, they risk losing sporting opportunities, scholarships 78 andsponsorships.79 Many are also accused of bigotry, suspended from sports teams 80 andsubjected to restraining orders, expulsion, defamation and unfair disciplinaryproceedings. In at least one case, a female athlete did not receive a fair hearing.81Other females have quit sport owing to pressure, threats (including death threats 82)and verbal abuse. Such consequences have been reported in, inter alia, the Kingdomof the Netherlands83 and the United States,84 violating the fundamental human rightsof female athletes to freedom of belief, opinion and expression. 85 Women faceaggression when they assemble with respect to these issues. 86
puberty.88 Historically, the sex difference in performance is larger than that explainedby physiological and anatomical differences between males and females, in particularamong lower-ranked athletes. These physiological advantages are not undone bytestosterone suppression.89 Undermining the eligibility criteria for single-sex sportsresults in unfair, unlawful and extreme forms of discrimination against female athleteson the basis of sex. Given this reality, several international and national federations,such as World Aquatics, World Athletics, World Rugby, the International CyclingUnion and others,90 have reinforced female-only categories while ensuring that allathletes can participate, including those with differences of sex development orgender identities other than the sex they were observed to have at birth.
84. All persons, irrespective of their gender identity, are entitled to live a life freefrom discrimination and to have their human rights safeguarded. The Committee onthe Elimination of Discrimination against Women, in its general recommendationNo. 35 (2017) on gender-based violence against women, highlighted thatdiscrimination against women is inextricably linked to other factors that affect theirlives, including ethnicity, race, colour, political opinion, disability, migratory statusand gender identity and sexual orientation. It is therefore important that any sportsrelated policy ensure that transgender persons can participate fully in sports. SomeStates have taken special measures to strengthen inclusion, such as Ireland, which, inits national inclusion strategy for the period 2019–2021, highlighted the positivecontributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons to Irishsport.16985. According to international human rights law, differential treatment onprohibited grounds may not be discriminatory if it is based on reasonable andobjective criteria, it pursues a legitimate aim its effects are appropriate andproportional to the legitimate aim pursued and it is the least intrusive option toachieve the intended result. Maintaining separate-sex sports is a proportional actionthat corresponds to legitimate aims within the meaning of article 26 of theInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and does not automatically resultin the exclusion of transgender persons from sports, nor does it require invasive sexscreenings. When combined with other measures, such as open categories, fairness insports can be maintained while ensuring the ability of all to participate – a course ofaction followed by several professional sports associations.
I honestly don't expect you to read this, but of the 24 pages, about 2 or 3 pages pertain to trans athlete. I had no intention in getting in a pissing match over trans. But getting your panties wadded up over 600 females losing in 890 events in 29 sports is laughably small. The other 20 pages talks in details of abuse of women by coaches, athletes of other sports, and some trivial nonsense. These should be the issues we are tackling.
