IOC Moves Toward Full Ban on Trans Women by 2028
10th November 2025
The International Olympic Committee appears to be moving toward declaring a complete ban on male-born competing in female categories across all sports — a policy likely to take effect by the 2028 Summer Olympics, the Daily Mail reported on Monday.
Olympic sources confirmed that such a measure is very much the “direction” of the IOC, but it is highly unlikely the rule will be in force before the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy in February.
A rule change could be announced by February, according to a source, but insiders said it would take between six months and a year for it to be approved and cleared.