Madrid, 4 Feb. (EFE) .- The draft of the draft law for the real and effective equality of trans people regulates their participation in sports practices, events and competitions, “which will be carried out according to their registered gender, without in any case sex verification tests can be performed. “
The norm that the Ministry of Equality plans to present to the Council of Ministers within a few days regulates the right to freely manifested gender identity, without the need to provide any medical or psychological diagnosis, and dedicates its chapter VI, article 39, to the measures to be adopted in the sports field
The measures provide for the participation in sports competitions according to the registered sex of the people, without the performance in any case of gender verification tests, and that in the sports facilities segregated by sex, the access and use of the transgender people will be guaranteed. facilities corresponding to your gender identity.
Regarding foreigners whose identification documents issued by the Spanish authorities have been appropriate to their gender identity, according to the future law, the rule states that they will be able to participate based on the sex that appears in those identification documents.
It also dictates that trans persons under 16 years of age, “even when they have not rectified the mention relating to sex, as well as foreign trans persons who do not meet the requirements to request the rectification of the mention of sex and the change of the name in their identification documents, they will have the right to participate in sports practices, events and competitions in accordance with their gender identity “.
“However, it is established that trans people under 16 years of age, as well as trans people who do not meet the requirements to make the registration change of the mention related to sex, will have the right to participate in practices, events and sports competitions of according to their gender identity, without prejudice to what is established in the higher-ranking standards that govern international competitions, “he adds.
It also specifies that “the provisions” in it “are understood without prejudice to the timely compliance with the rules governing international competitions.”
Last March the IOC announced that its guidelines on the eligibility of transgender athletes will remain in effect for Tokyo 2020, while it follows a consultation process regarding the inclusion of athletes based on their sexual characteristics and gender identity.
The consultation aims to “develop a framework and guidelines for athletes and international federations, which would be based on research data and the latest information from the scientific and human rights sectors.”
Since 2015 for the IOC, the eligibility of trans people in the female category requires that the athlete must have declared that their gender identity is female, without being able to change the declaration for a minimum of four years.
Athletes would also have to demonstrate that their total serum testosterone level has been below 10 nanograms per liter for at least 12 months prior to their first competition and throughout the desired period of eligibility to compete in the female category.
According to the IOC, compliance with these conditions can be controlled by testing and non-compliance leads to suspension of eligibility to compete in events for 12 months.
