High-performance guidelines released for transgender participation

Australian Sports Commission CEO and olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Kieren Perkins at the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, October 5, 2022. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE

Advocates have welcomed a new set of guidelines for transgender athletes seeking to compete in elite female competition. The Australian Sports Commission released the non-compulsory guidelines to allow for individual sporting federations to determine their own policies allowing transgender athletes to compete in female categories.

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Published 16 June 2023 6:48pm

By Tys Occhiuzzi, Phillippa Carisbrooke

Presented by Tys Occhiuzzi

Source: SBS News

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Advocates have welcomed a new set of guidelines for transgender athletes seeking to compete in elite female competition. The Australian Sports Commission released the non-compulsory guidelines to allow for individual sporting federations to determine their own policies allowing transgender athletes to compete in female categories.

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