IOC Ditches Radical Gender Panel After Trump Pressure

Liberty Check

• The International Olympic Committee is eliminating its Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commission, ending years of ideological overreach.
• New eligibility rules reserve women’s Olympic events for biological females starting in 2028, directly protecting fairness and safety.
• President Donald Trump’s February 2025 executive order pressured the IOC to prioritize sex-based categories over gender identity politics.

The International Olympic Committee is scrapping its Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commission as part of a major overhaul under new leadership.

The move follows months of internal review and aligns with the IOC’s decision earlier this year to ban biological males from competing in women’s Olympic events.

President Kirsty Coventry is replacing twelve permanent advisory bodies with smaller, focused working groups tasked with specific issues rather than sweeping ideological agendas.

The changes come after the IOC adopted new eligibility rules that require a one-time genetic screening for the SRY gene to confirm biological sex for women’s competition beginning at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

“It would not be fair for biological males to compete in the female category,” Coventry stated when the policy was announced.

The IOC is also discontinuing its Advisory Committee on Human Rights along with panels on sustainability, technology, education, and commercial partnerships.

Outgoing commissions typically gathered 10 to 30 members annually in Lausanne, Switzerland, at considerable expense to the organization.

The restructuring follows more than a year of consultation and is described by the IOC as a move toward more targeted engagement on strategic priorities.

President Donald Trump’s February 2025 executive order directed the secretary of state to press the IOC to adopt standards based on sex rather than gender identity or testosterone reduction.

Reem Alsalem, the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, welcomed the eligibility policy as protecting female athletes’ fairness and safety.

The policy does not apply retroactively and leaves recreational sports untouched while focusing on elite competition where biological males hold physical advantages.

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