The UK’s sports secretary on Monday applauded the global swimming governing body’s decision to ban transgender swimmers who have gone through male puberty from women’s competitions.
Nadine Dorries also said she will “encourage other sports” to do the same and suggested creating a separate category for transgender athletes.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) on Sunday said it will only allow biological male swimmers to compete in women’s events if they “have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later,” and “have since continuously maintained their testosterone levels in serum (or plasma) below 2.5 nmol/L.”…