Shout out to the BCC for doing what is essentially journalistic terrorism with this absolutely trash article. I guess this is like the online right's number one culture war battleground so of course they've been posting this everyone on :reddit-logo: . Anyway, some highlights:

"Testosterone in male puberty alters the physiological determinants of human performance and explains the sex-based differences in human performance, considered clearly evident by age 12."

Which is legal in exactly zero countries on this planet! I'm sure they will be advocating for easier access to medical transitioning pre-puberty though.

"Fina will also aim to establish an 'open' category at competitions for swimmers whose gender identity is different than their birth sex."

So basically, a dead category. There are what, a handful of elite trans swimmers? And swimming has so many fucking different race types, this is essentially going to kill off any competition for them.

"Former Great Britain swimmer Sharron Davies, who has argued against transgender participation in women's elite swimming, said she was "proud" of her sport and Fina."

BBC quoting a terf as their first "expert" opinion, a classic

"Some of Thomas' team-mates and their parents wrote anonymous letters supporting her right to transition, but added it was unfair for her to compete as a woman."

God damn that is just gross. I know swimming isn't much of a team sport but I used to swim and if anybody turned their backs on a teammate like this there would be absolute hell to pay.

Also, the vote was conducted in Budapest, Hungary :sus-deep: