Gender Testing - Gender Verification at Elite Sports Competitions: The Foundation Position

 

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The Foundation supports the abandonment of chromosomal screening for gender verification. The purpose of gender verification should be only to prevent men from masquerading as females at women-only competitions. Athletes and sports governing bodies should be educated as to the nature, both physical and psychological, of sexual differentiation disorders.

Gender Verification at Elite Sports Competitions: The Foundation Position (PDF 426k)

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By Women's Sports Foundation

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