This seems like a reasonable rule, although, I seriously question the morality of allowing/forcing a child to go through changing their physical gender.
Fina, swimming’s world governing body, has voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in women’s elite races if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty.
Fina will also aim to establish an ‘open’ category at competitions for swimmers whose gender identity is different than their birth sex.
The new policy, which was passed with 71% of the vote from 152 Fina members, was described as “only a first step towards full inclusion” for transgender athletes.
The 34-page policy document says that male-to-female transgender athletes are still eligible to compete in the women’s category “provided they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 [which marks the start of physical development], or before age 12, whichever is later”.
Inclusion by separation, eh? Shoving the various alternate anatomy accessory packages into an “open” classification won’t satisfy them in the least. The end game here is total acceptance for their alternate world. Title IX for the nutters. Just say no now and be done with it all.