Here's Trump's Plan for 'Transgender' Athletes Ahead of the 2028 Olympics
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Trump Plans to Gender Test Female Athletes at 2028 Olympics
Above: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 5, 2025. Image copyright: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Testing protects fairness in women's sports by ensuring biological males don't compete against females. Strong verification prevents unfair advantages from testosterone-driven development that can't be fully mitigated. Safety concerns are paramount in contact sports like boxing, as seen in last year's Olympic controversy involving Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting.
Establishment-critical narrative
Genetic testing will harm cisgender women athletes who have intersex conditions or chromosomal variations that don't match typical XX patterns. Historical Olympic sex testing was discontinued in 2000 because it routinely misidentified women with rare genetic conditions as male. These policies create discrimination rather than protection.