Of bordeaux, where the entrance to the town hall was set ablaze. police have made almost 200 arrests. the world athletics council has announced that no female transgender athlete who has gone through male puberty will be permitted to compete in female world ranking competitions from the 31st of march. officials argue that such athletes would have an unfair advantage in strength and muscle mass. earlier i was joined by sports illustrated copy chief julie kliegman who told me she doesn t think the ban is fair. i don t. leaders like sebastian set up this false dichotomy between fairness and inclusion, but the reality is, being inclusive is being fair and there is just not science to suggest that the assertion that transgender women athletes have these concrete advantages over their cis gender peers.
Leaving it up to world governing bodies to make these choices for themselves. what impact do you think this will have on athletes who have dsd, differences in sex developments? it seems the world athletics council also voted to reduce the amount of blood testosterone permitted in athletes with dsd. this excludes a lot of athletes with intersex variations from competing in women s sports, because it s a very tough threshold for testosterone to meet, even among women without intersex variations. julie kliegman, sports illustrated copy chief. president biden is meeting justin showed jo trudeau in ottawa. the leaders are expected to update an agreement potentially allowing both countries to turn asylum seekers away at their borders. in exchange canada has agreed to provide a new legal refugee
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