Dear International Olympic Committee,

We, the undersigned, are an international coalition of women’s organizations, athletes, and supporters of women in sport who assert that male athletes should not compete in female sports.

The transgender eligibility guidelines created by the consensus meeting in 2015, which allows males who identify as females to enter women’s categories, is unacceptable. Simply reducing testosterone levels for one year does not negate the male advantage over female athletes. 

Allowing male athletes to self-identify as female competitors is irresponsible, negligent, and dangerous. In adopting the 2015 transgender guidelines you have abandoned your duty to protect the safety and integrity of females and female sports. This amounts to blatant discrimination against women on the basis of sex. Males should not compete in female sports. 

The postponement of the 2020 Games due to the Coronavirus pandemic provides an invaluable opportunity for you to re-evaluate your transgender participation guidelines. 

We demand, for the sake of sports legitimacy, that you suspend the 2015 transgender guidelines for Tokyo 2020 (to be held in 2021) and proceed with thorough, balanced, and equitable consultation as it pertains to participation in female sports.

Sincerely,

Save Women’s Sports
United States-based, Members Worldwide
Beth Stelzer, Founder
Dr. Linda Blade, Founding Member

Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF)
United States-based, Members Worldwide
Natasha Chart, Board President

Alberta Radical Feminists
Canada

Canadian Women’s Declaration
Canada

Canadian Gender Report
Canada

Canadian Women’s Sex-Based Rights (caWsbar)
Canada

Concerned Women For America
United States

Colevita Time
(Tempo Colective)
Brazil

Edmonton Small Press Association
Canada

Edmonton Women & Allies Against the Sex Industry (EWAASI)
Canada

Fair Go for Queensland Women
Australia

Fair Play For Women
United Kingdom
Dr. Nicola Williams

Feminist Current
Canada
Meghan Murphy, Founder

Feminist Legal Clinic
Australia

Fem Revolt
Croatia

For Women Scotland
United Kingdom

Hands Across the Aisle Coalition
United States-based, Worldwide Members
Miriam Ben-Shalom, Co-Founder
Kaeley Triller Harms, Co-Founder

IWD Brisbane/Meanjin
Australia

Independent Women’s Forum
United States
Carrie Lukas, President

Let All Play
United States
Jennifer Bryson, Founder

Mujeres por la abolición
(Women For Abolition)
Spain

No Corpo Certo
(In the Right Body)
Brazil

Olympic Medalist
Sharron Davies

PDF Quebec
(For the Rights of Females)
Canada

Speak Up for Women
New Zealand
Ani O’Brien, Spokesperson
Rowena Edge, Spokesperson

Standing for Women
United Kingdom
Kellie-Jay Keen-Minschull, Founder

Stichting Voorzij
(Foundation For Her)
Netherlands
Caroline Franssen, Founder

Strashnaya
(Fearsome Fems)
Russia

Super Violetas
(Super Violets)
Spain

The Inga Thompson Foundation
United States
Inga Thompson, Founder and Former Olympic Cyclist

We The Females
Canada

Women’s Human Rights Campaign
UK Based – Worldwide Members

XX Fair Play Rights
United States
Misha Fayant, Co-Founder