Reject Exclusion in Women’s Sport
Add your name and call on Australia’s sporting leaders to protect inclusion, fairness, and human rights in women's sport.
Stand for Inclusive Sport in Australia
Women’s sport deserves equal pay, equal respect, and equal resources. Every minute spent on harmful and exclusionary policies is a minute taken away from advancing women’s sport for everyone.
We’re calling on Australia’s national sporting organisations to reject the IOC’s proposed policy changes and protect inclusive sport for all.
What We’re Calling For
We are calling on all National Sporting Organisations in Australia, including the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and Australian Sports Commission (ASC), to:
- Demand the IOC reject blanket bans and coercive testing to compete
- Reject the adoption of SRY gene testing as a criterion for eligibility in women and girls’ categories
- Uphold state and federal anti-discrimination laws at all levels of competition
We Support Policies That Are:
- Grounded in Australian law
- Evidence-based and sport-specific
- Developed through meaningful consultation
- Inclusive of women with innate variations of sex characteristics and trans women
Why This Matters
The International Olympic Committee is attempting to introduce policies that would force unethical and unscientific testing on athletes competing in women and girls’ categories at the world championship level.
This approach was developed behind closed doors by a secretive committee, without consultation.
These new guidelines would overturn the 2021 Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination, a document widely respected for being informed by extensive consultation with athletes, experts, and affected communities.
The proposed guidelines could conflict with Australia’s anti-discrimination laws and frameworks, including:
- National Integrity Framework (NIF)
- Australian Sports Commission (ASC)
- Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)
- Elite Youth Athlete (EYA) Guidelines
- Fundamental human rights protections
Elite policies often trickle down into community sport, pushing LGBTIQ+ people out of sport or back into the closet.
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