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