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A decision to undertake gender reassignment is made when an individual feels that his or her gender at birth does not match their gender identity. This is called ‘gender dysphoria’ and is a recognised medical condition.

Gender reassignment refers to individuals, whether staff, who either:

• Have undergone, intend to undergo or are currently undergoing gender reassignment (medical and surgical treatment to alter the body).
• Do not intend to undergo medical treatment but wish to live permanently in a different gender from their gender at birth.

‘Transition’ refers to the process and/or the period of time during which gender reassignment occurs (with or without medical intervention).

Not all people who undertake gender reassignment decide to undergo medical or surgical treatment to alter the body. However, some do and this process may take several years. Additionally, there is a process by which a person can obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate , which changes their legal gender.

People who have undertaken gender reassignment are sometimes referred to as Transgender or Trans (see glossary ).

Transgender and sexual orientation

It should be noted that sexual orientation and transgender are not inter-related. It is incorrect to assume that someone who undertakes gender reassignment is lesbian or gay or that his or her sexual orientation will change after gender reassignment. However, historically the campaigns advocating equality for both transgender and lesbian, gay and bisexual communities have often been associated with each other. As a result, the University's staff and student support networks have established diversity networks that include both Sexual Orientation and Transgender groups.

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Our statement on sex and gender reassignment: legal protections and language

Published: 30 July 2018

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As the national body charged with protecting and promoting equality and human rights in Britain, we welcomed the Scottish and UK governments’ consultations on proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to remove unnecessary barriers trans people currently face in obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) in England, Wales and Scotland.

In UK law, ‘sex’ is understood as binary, with a person’s legal sex being determined by what is recorded on their birth certificate. A trans person can change their legal sex by obtaining a GRC. A trans person who does not have a GRC retains the sex recorded on their birth certificate for legal purposes.

The Equality Act 2010 protects individuals sharing a  protected characteristic  from discrimination and harassment. Protected characteristics include sex (being a man or a woman) and gender reassignment (an individual who is ‘proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a process or part of a process to reassign their sex’). There is no requirement for a trans person to have any kind of medical supervision or intervention in order to be protected from gender reassignment discrimination.

Certain exceptions in the Act set out circumstances in which it is permissible to treat someone differently because of their sex or gender reassignment, for reasons of public policy or to protect the rights of others. The use of such exceptions generally needs to be justified as being a proportionate way to achieve a legitimate objective. This will often require a case-by-case approach to determine what is legitimate and proportionate in any given circumstance.

Under the Act, the protection from gender reassignment discrimination applies to all trans people who are proposing to go, are undergoing or have undergone (part of) a process of gender reassignment. There are some exceptions permitting different treatment on the basis of gender reassignment, for example the exceptions related to single-sex services and associations. These exceptions do not hinge on whether or not an individual has a GRC. Any use of the exceptions permitting different treatment must be objectively justified, meaning that it must be a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim, and will therefore depend on the particular circumstances. While an individual’s possession, or not, of a GRC may be part of the evidence a court would consider in a gender reassignment discrimination case, it is unlikely to be a determining factor. The one exception to this relates to the solemnisation of marriage through religious ceremony in Part 6 Schedule 3 of the Act.

At the same time, a trans person is protected from sex discrimination on the basis of their legal sex. This means that a trans woman who does not hold a GRC and is therefore legally male would be treated as male for the purposes of the sex discrimination provisions, and a trans woman with a GRC would be treated as female. The sex discrimination exceptions in the Equality Act therefore apply differently to a trans person with a GRC or without a GRC.

We recognise that the present system for obtaining a GRC may be creating unnecessary barriers for people to have their change of sex recognised. As of July 2018, only 4,910 GRCs had been issued since the GRA came into force in 2005, which falls far short of the number of trans people estimated to be living in Britain. While the reasons for this disparity are not fully understood, it suggests that the current mechanism may not be meeting the needs of its users.

However, the interaction between the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the Equality Act 2010 is a complex area of law, which affects how people are protected from discrimination and harassment. Our  response  to the England and Wales  consultation  sets out our view on the law and makes recommendations on the best ways to ensure respect for everyone’s rights. 

We know there are specific concerns that removing barriers to acquiring legal gender recognition might affect women-only spaces and services provided under the single-sex and separate-sex service provisions in the Equality Act 2010.

Our firm legal view is that reform of the Gender Recognition Act will not erode the special status of these important services, such as women’s refuges, health services and clubs.

We would however recommend that any changes made to the Act are supported by clear, practical guidance to help trans people, other service users and service providers fully understand their rights and responsibilities.

Read our response to the UK Government's Consultation on Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (October 2018).  

Read our response to Scottish Government Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 consultation (March 2018).

'Gender’ refers to socially constructed roles of women and men and/or an individual’s conception of their identity. The term is often used interchangeably with ‘sex’, partly in recognition that much of the inequality between women and men is driven by underlying social and power structures rather than by biological sex. Although the Equality Act protects people from discrimination because of their sex, other UK legislation (such as the regulations requiring employers to publish their gender pay gap) refers to gender. This may cause confusion in some circumstances. To avoid any ambiguity, we are reviewing our use of language across our website and publications to ensure clarity and consistency. However, it is important to note that any mistaken or structural use of the term gender does not affect how the law works in practice.

As with the Scotland consultation, in preparing our response to the England and Wales consultation we consulted widely and gave careful consideration to the need to respect the rights of all individuals affected by any proposed changes. The issues at stake are complex and personal, and we are aware that some people have expressed concerns and uncertainty about the effect of change. It is essential that we all continue to engage in a constructive and respectful way when we have these important conversations, in order to understand the full implications of the current system and any proposed changes to it.

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Gender Reassignment

The equality act states that you must not be discriminated against on the basis of your gender reassignment in a number of circumstances:.

• That you are undergoing or have undergone specific treatment or surgery to change from your birth sex to your preferred gender. This process ensures that all transsexual people share the common characteristic of gender reassignment. A wide range of people are included in the terms ‘trans’ or ‘transgender’ but you are not protected as transgender unless you propose to change your gender or have done so.
• Due to your status as a transsexual i.e. when your gender identity is different from the sex assigned to you when you were born.
• Someone believes that you are transsexual, for example because you occasionally cross-dress or are gender variant (this is known as discrimination by perception)
• You are related or connected to a transsexual person, or someone wrongly thought to be transsexual (this is known as discrimination by association)

Any discriminatory treatment may be a one-off action or as a result of a rule or policy. It doesn’t have to be intentional to be unlawful.

There is no explicit protection from discrimination for intersex people (the term used to describe a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't fit the typical definitions of female or male).You must not however, be discriminated against because of your sex, or perceived sex, as a protection arising from the protected characteristic of sex.

Note on the use of language

In 2016 the Parliamentary Women & Equalities Committee made over 30 recommendations to government to ensure full equality for trans people. One of the recommendations was that the terms trans replaces ‘gender reassignment’ and ‘transsexual’ in the Equality Act.

The government did not act on this recommendation and the original terms remain in force. In order to be technically accurate, we have used these terms on this page. They may also be used when pursuing a claim of discrimination on your behalf.

However Equity, and the LGBT+ Committee, are committed to the use of the term 'trans'. We use this term in our campaigning, lobbying and policy activity.

Circumstances when being treated differently due to gender reassignment is lawful

The Equality Act supports action by employers and producers that actively seeks to support working with artists who have historically been disadvantaged and marginalised as trans artists. This form of activity is known as a positive action measure . Itcan be seen, for example, in casting breakdowns and job ads that encourage applicants who are trans.

We routinely encourage producers and engagers across the entertainment industry to adopt positive action measures to support the inclusion of trans members.

At some single-sex service providers and sports organisations in the UK, there are restrictions   that directly disadvantage trans people and limit their inclusion

Equity’s LGBT+ Committee works to limit the way in which any restrictions may unlawfully discriminate again trans members of the union.

Our work to combat trans discrimination

Equity’s LGBT+ Committee produced the entertainment industry’s first guide to good practice in casting and working LGBT+ artists in 2019.

The guide was welcomed across the entertainment industry.

Challenging government inaction on LGBT+ rights

Government inaction has denied the LGBT+ people, and the trans community specifically, of opportunities to gain essential safeguards and greater inclusion in mainstream society.

In recognition of this we joined with the rest of the UK trade union movement to demand the government reset its approach to LGBT+ rights. The LGBT+ Committee condemned  the decision by the UK government not to include trans and gender non-conforming people in its decision to ban conversion therapy.

The LGBT+ Committee welcomes any offer of active support from Equity members across the UK (Link to committee page once live).

Supporting the GAPs Workshops

Equity’s LGBT+ Committee work with members of the Casting Directors Guild on an initiative aimed at trans actors with limited opportunities to gain work .

The free workshops focus on auditioning for screen and include established industry guest speakers..

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The Equality Act 2010, a:gender and me

Emma Dunn is the Chair of a:gender, the cross-government network supporting trans and intersex staff across government. Emma is intersex and identifies as female; her pronouns are she/her or they/them.

The introduction of the new Equality Act on 1 October 2010 was a pioneering moment for trans people everywhere. It brought over 116 pieces of legislation into one single Act and went further than any previous piece of legislation. For the first time, trans people were protected from discrimination on the grounds of gender reassignment.

Earlier landmark rulings such as P v S and Cornwall County Council in 1996 and Croft v Royal Mail Group in 2003 remain the prevalent pieces of litigation in gender reassignment law, but the new act saw further milestone decisions such as Bisson v Condor Limited in 2016 and Taylor v Jaguar Land Rover which was only reached in the last few weeks.

In the UK, the National LGBT Survey conducted in 2017 by the Government Equalities Office (GEO) found that over half of all trans respondents (more than 7,000 people) described themselves as non-binary . This made the latter ruling especially important for many of a:gender's members, since it confirmed for the first time that discrimination protections extend to non-binary and genderfluid identities, something which had previously been unclear.

Cases such as these demonstrate the complex challenges facing workplaces in achieving equality and inclusion for trans employees. Our developing understanding of the nuances of both sex and gender means that further challenges will inevitably continue to arise. One of the main obstacles is often a reluctance to cause offence. Employees may be aware of the gaps in their understanding and lack the language to confidently discuss issues with trans colleagues where barriers to inclusion are identified.

Another significant challenge is the lack of specific protection in the Equality Act for intersex people like me. Too often we see that this omission means employers simply fail to consider us, meaning significant numbers of employees face additional obstacles in the workplace (intersex people are thought to form 1.7% of the population, making being intersex about as common as having red hair).

These challenges have not gone unnoticed within the Civil Service. It's one of the reasons that a:gender exists –⁠ the Civil Service were revolutionary when they encouraged a Home Office departmental trans network to evolve into a national cross-government network for trans and intersex employees, able to support their members and provide advice and support to departments and agencies who wanted to be better than the bare minimum required by equality legislation.

Today we can really see the benefit of that foresight –⁠ a:gender have worked with Civil Service HR to formulate a policy package that was launched last year and is now available for departments to adopt which is quite literally pioneering. We believe it is the first policy anywhere in the UK that supports not just trans people but also intersex people and the parents and carers of trans and intersex dependants. This policy also signposts the training and support available from a:gender to increase understanding of the issues facing trans and intersex people and equips managers with the language to confidently discuss potential solutions.

The lesson is clear –⁠ staff networks are a powerful and effective tool for bringing about change. If you are facing challenges or want to learn more, join your network today!

We also welcome Civil Service trans, intersex and ally members in a:gender.

Visit the a:gender website , and download the membership form.

The U.K. Government Has Finally Responded on Gender Recognition for Trans People. LGBT Groups Say It Is ‘Lackluster’

T he U.K. government published its long-awaited response to a public debate over the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) Tuesday, prompting mixed reactions from LGBT and trans-inclusive charities. The GRA has been at the center of headlines—and consternation—since a public consultation to potentially broaden the GRA’s mandate opened in England and Wales in 2018. The consultation consisted of a questionnaire about the legal process of changing gender, and received more than 100,000 responses .

“Generally, the response from the government is really lackluster,” says Cara English, head of public engagement at Gendered Intelligence, a trans-led charity supporting the community, and in particular trans youth across the U.K. “It hasn’t fully addressed the things that need to change… It has offered us small piecemeal concessions to try to placate us.”

What is the Gender Recognition Act?

The 2004 Act set out the legal process through which a person must go through to change their gender on their birth certificate. This is not an identity document but is important for some trans people, as it means they can legally get married and be buried in their preferred gender. Government figures suggest that since 2004, less than 5,000 trans people in the U.K. have been issued with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) under the GRA.

Currently, GRA requirements include a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria and proof of a person having lived in their preferred gender for at least two years before their birth certificate can be changed. Campaigners have said that this is invasive, and places trans people in the uncomfortable position of having to “prove” their gender to an independent panel of strangers.

The government’s response to the consultation

A statement from Women and Equalities Minister Liz Truss outlined Tuesday the government’s position, promising a “kinder and more straightforward” process for people applying for a GRC. Truss outlined steps to streamline the application process, referred to increased capacity for trans-related healthcare, and reaffirmed commitment to the 2010 Equality Act, which protects transgender people against discrimination.

Addressing complaints from the trans community that the current GRC process is too bureaucratic and expensive, Truss said that while an independent panel will still consider applicants’ paperwork, GRC applications will now be filed online, and the fee will be reduced from £140 ($180) to a “nominal amount.”

But while some campaigners have called it a small step forward, others believe there’s much more work to be done. “The fact that there is still a price on it is embarrassing, frankly,” English tells TIME. “It’s still going to be inaccessible to huge swaths of the trans population who are historically excluded from work through wider societal exclusion.” The government’s response also did not mention the legal recognition of non-binary people, which campaigners say will inhibit their ability to be recognized and live fully in their true identity.

And the government’s GRA response only addresses the legal processes for adults, despite calls from campaigners that the age a person can start their gender recognition process be lowered from 18 to 16. “It’s important that we do acknowledge that there has been progress today and that needs to be celebrated,” says Lui Asquith, Director of Policy and Legal at Mermaids, a charity supporting transgender children and teenagers. “But it’s also important to acknowledge that a lot of people may be looking at the response with disappointment because they were hoping for more.”

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Earlier this year, the devolved government in Scotland floated progressive proposals to reform the GRA, eliminating the medical requirements of the process, as other countries including the Republic of Ireland , Norway, Malta, and Argentina, as well as the state of California , have done. Truss did not outline any changes in this vein, despite longstanding calls for change from trans campaigners. “It doesn’t sit well with trans people,” says English. “Gender dysphoria has been declassified as a mental disorder , but the government is still calling on [changing gender] to be a medical process for no discernible reason other than gatekeeping”.

Of the more than 100,000 respondents to the GRA consultation , nearly two thirds called for called for the requirement for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria to be remove, and four in five supported the removal of the requirement for a medical report detailing all treatment.

More to be done for trans rights

Campaigners say that since the GRA consultation opened in 2018, the “debate” around transgender rights in the U.K. has become toxic , particularly in online forums, and has distracted from the material reality of the challenges trans people face in their every day life. “We are really conscious that this debate around the GRA has been harmful for trans communities,” says Nancy Kelley, CEO at LGBT charity Stonewall. “I think what’s really important is that we bring the focus back on trans people, and listen to what they tell us would make a real difference in their lives.”

Current campaigns at Gendered Intelligence, Mermaids and Stonewall all focus on equitable access to healthcare for trans and non-binary people in the U.K., as waiting lists for trans-related healthcare and gender identity treatment can take years . “There does still remain large parts of the trans experience in the U.K. which are colored by darkness, a lack of funding and a lack of capacity given to healthcare services for trans people across the entire U.K.,” says English, adding that in this context, the GRA responses from the government don’t really amount to much. Truss’ statement included the news that three new gender identity clinics will be opened in the U.K., which had already been announced by the U.K.’s National Health Service earlier in the year. “I do think and hope that if the GRA consultation and the entire rigmarole following it had been successful in anything, it’s drawing attention to the shortcomings of the NHS,” says English.

In terms of broader discrimination, gender reassignment is also a protected characteristic under the U.K.’s 2010 Equality Act , protecting trans people from discrimination in the workplace, in education, as a consumer and when using public services . But while in 2012 the U.K.’s hate crime laws were also extended to cover transphobic violence, in 2019 hate crimes against transgender people recorded by police increased by a staggering 81%.

For campaigners, the government’s GRA response marks a small moment of progress, but there’s still a long way to go. Today, more than fifty 50 trans, LGBT+ and ally organizations released a collaborative campaign called #TogetherForTrans , highlighting the broader inequalities trans people face. “LGBT rights has never been a sprint,” says Asquith. “It’s always been a marathon, and this is part of that marathon.”

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Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Is Not a Trans Athlete

One controversy coming out of the 2024 paris olympics concerned a fight between algerian boxer imane khelif and italian boxer angela carini., alex kasprak, published aug. 2, 2024.

On Aug. 1, 2024, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif faced Italian boxer Angela Carini in an opening bout of the women's welterweight boxing tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Forty-six seconds into the fight, after receiving a few punches, Carini ended the fight early, delivering an unusual win to Khelif.

Carini later said she ended the fight due to severe nose pain following one of Khelif's blows. Video showed her sobbing after her loss and not shaking Khelif's hand when offered to her. "I have never felt a punch like this," she said after the fight.

Anti-trans activists and social media pundits immediately painted this fight as an example of the alleged unfairness and danger of allowing trans women to fight against those assigned female at birth.

The author J.K. Rowling, for example, described the match on X as "a young female boxer" having "everything she's worked and trained for snatched away because [the International Olympic Committee] allowed a male to get in the ring with her."

The virulently anti-trans X account Libs of TikTok also weighed in , describing Khelif as "a man … being allowed to compete in women's Olympic boxing in Paris."

The problem with these arguments was Khelif is not trans. Khelif was born, and has lived her entire life, as a female. The sanctioned International Boxing Association (IBA) alleged in a confidential report she did not meet the World Boxing Championship requirements for female competition in 2023, despite having competed as a woman in that same competition for many years prior, winning silver in 2022.

Khelif's eligibility was challenged only after she beat a Russian opponent to advance to the World Championship quarterfinal round in 2023. The IBA was once recognized by the IOC as the official governing body for boxing — but that title was rescinded in April 2023 following, among other things, allegations of corruption and ties to Russian money . As a result, the IOC, not the IBA, sets the rules for Olympic women's boxing.

Who is Imane Khelif?

Khelif is an Algerian boxer who has competed, as a woman, at the international level for years. She has always identified as a woman, and as a UNICEF ambassador has discussed the role that being a young girl in a tiny rural village has had on her development as a boxer:

When Imane Khelif, 24, one of Algeria's top female boxers is asked what achievements she is most proud of, she says, "It's being able to overcome the obstacles in my life." Imane recalls how at 16 she managed to excel in football in her rural village in Tiaret in western Algeria despite football not being seen as a game fit for girls. Moreover, the boys in her village felt threatened and picked fights with her. Ironically it was her ability to dodge the boys' punches that got her into boxing.

She came in 17th at the 2018 IBA World Boxing Championships and 33rd in the 2019 IBA World Boxing Championships. She represented Algeria in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In those games, she lost to the tournament's bronze medalist, Ireland's Kellie Harrington. Her presence did not generate any controversy. She went on to win silver in the 2022 World Boxing Championships.

What Happened in 2023?

Khelif also competed in the 2023 IBA World Championships in New Delhi — that is, until she beat a Russian boxer. On March 22, 2023, Khelif " dominated " Russian boxer Amineva Azalia with a 4-1 victory, securing her a position in the quarterfinals scheduled to begin a few days later.

On March 24, however, the IBA disqualified Khelif, suggesting a "failure to meet the eligibility criteria for participating in the women's competition." In 2023, the head of the IBA told the Russian news agency TASS that DNA tests had "proved they had XY chromosomes and were thus excluded from the sports events." XY chromosomes are typically associated with males.

Responding to controversy a year later, however, the IBA more generally claimed that Khelif was "subject to [a] … recognized test" but that "the specifics remain confidential." The IOC had suggested the 2023 disqualification was due to her testosterone level, but the IBA pushed back on that claim.

Can Women Have XY Chromosomes or Elevated Testosterone?

Gender testing for women's sports remains controversial . The rationale is that the process of going through puberty as a male imparts significant physical advantages over females that could make competition between the sexes dangerous. The controversy, historically at least, has largely been over how these tests should work and how to handle cases complicated by the natural genetic diversity of human life.

There are genetic conditions, termed differences of sexual development, in which biological females are born with XY chromosomes but possess female anatomy, or that affect how a biological female regulates and reacts to testosterone, causing levels typically associated with males. Though there is no independent confirmation that Khelif has these conditions, people born this way would legally be considered female or intersex.

Debates over these issues in the context of women's sports have nothing to do with a purported "woke" or "trans agenda," because such instances involve women who were born as women, identify as women and have not undergone any sex reassignment surgery or procedure to change this fact. That is what IOC spokesperson Mark Adams meant when he clarified to the press "this is not a transgender issue."

Gender-reassignment procedures require significant financial and medical resources. The notion that a woman from a rural western Algerian village who sold scrap metal to support her boxing career would have had the ability to undergo such a procedure in a deeply conservative Muslim country that prohibits the practice is extremely unlikely , at best.

IOC Responds

On Aug. 1, 2024, the day Khelif defeated Carini, the IOC released a statement defending both Khelif and another boxer facing similar accusations, Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting:

We have seen in reports misleading information about two female athletes competing at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The two athletes have been competing in international boxing competitions for many years in the women's category, including the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, International Boxing Association (IBA) World Championships and IBA-sanctioned tournaments. … The current aggression against these two athletes is based entirely on this arbitrary decision, which was taken without any proper procedure – especially considering that these athletes had been competing in top-level competition for many years. Such an approach is contrary to good governance. Eligibility rules should not be changed during ongoing competition, and any rule change must follow appropriate processes and should be based on scientific evidence.

The IOC stated that both boxers have met the IOC eligibility requirements for competition as a woman in boxing.

Angela Carini Was Not Making a Political Statement

Social media accounts falsely attempting to make this story about transgender athletes attempted to paint a sorrowful picture of Carini's loss, describing her dreams as having been crushed by a man pretending to be a woman and suggesting that photos of the fight and of Carini's tearful reaction evoked images of domestic violence . Carini's tears and her not shaking Khelif's hand were used to support this narrative.

But according to The Associated Press, Carini was not making a political statement at all, and did not intend to refuse to shake Khelif's hand:

"All this controversy makes me sad," Carini said. "I'm sorry for my opponent, too. … If the IOC said she can fight, I respect that decision." Carini was apologetic for not shaking Khelif's hand after the bout. "It wasn't something I intended to do," Carini said. "Actually, I want to apologize to her and everyone else. I was angry because my Olympics had gone up in smoke. I don't have anything against Khelif. Actually, if I were to meet her again I would embrace her."

It is not uncommon for athletes of any gender to shed tears after losing a shot at a medal in the Olympic Games, nor is it uncommon for a punch to the head from an Olympic boxer to cause pain. Boxing is a sport in which two people try to punch each other hard enough to cause a knockout.

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The only purported evidence for the claim that Khelif is trans comes from an undisclosed test performed by an allegedly corrupt sports governing body that may have shown she has a DSD condition. The IOC has said Khelif meets its requirements for participation, with Adams, the IOC spokesman, specifically clarifying , "This is not a transgender issue."

Because Khelif is not transgender, claims attempting to make her victory against Carini an issue about transgender rights or "woke" politics are without basis.

Snopes reporter Jordan Liles contributed to this report.

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Boxer previously barred from women’s events wins fight after opponent quits in 46 seconds

A female boxer whose gender identity has recently been questioned won her first fight at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

Imane Khelif of Algeria defeated Angela Carini of Italy after Carini quit 46 seconds into the match. Carini stopped the fight after only a few punches were exchanged, avoided shaking Khelif’s hand and then fell to the floor in tears. 

Khelif’s participation in Olympic women’s boxing has been scrutinized in recent days after reports resurfaced that she and another boxer, Lin Yu‑ting of Taiwan, failed to meet gender eligibility tests at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi last year. At the time, sporting officials alleged that the boxers failed an unspecified test because they had male chromosomes.

Khelif, 25, has always competed as a woman — including during the Tokyo Olympics — and there’s no indication that she identifies as transgender or intersex, the latter referring to people born with sex characteristics that do not fit strictly into the male-female gender binary.

Carini said she ended Thursday’s fight because she felt a “severe pain” in her nose. She added that she is not qualified to decide whether Khelif should have been allowed to compete.

“I am not here to judge or pass judgment,” Carini told reporters after the match. “If an athlete is this way, and in that sense it’s not right or it is right, it’s not up to me to decide.”

Others were less reserved.

“We have to pay attention, in an attempt to not discriminate, that we’re actually discriminating” against women, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told reporters during a visit to the Olympic Village. “In these things what counts is your dedication, your head and character, but it also counts having a parity of arms.”

Several American politicians, including former President Donald Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem , also shared their views on the match.

“I WILL KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS!” Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social .

Khelif’s win also provoked responses from several prominent figures who are frequently criticized for their remarks about transgender people.

“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling repeatedly referred to Khelif as “male” and called the match a “ brutal injustice ” in a series of posts on X.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who recently drew criticism for his comments about his estranged trans daughter , also weighed in on X, which he owns. Replying to a post that included a video of the fight and read “Kamala supports this…vote accordingly,” Musk, who endorsed Trump last month, wrote: “True or let her deny it.” 

While most of the responses online appear to be critical, Khelif was not without support. 

Ismaël Bennacer, who plays soccer for the Algerian national team, was among those who defended Khelif.

“Full support for our champion Imane Khelif, who is suffering a wave of unjustified hatred,” he wrote on X. “Her presence at the Olympic Games is simply the result of her talent and hard work.”

Khelif celebrated her win on social media, sharing a photo of herself from Thursday’s fight on Instagram and writing, “first Victory.” She did not address the criticisms in the post; she has said her disqualification from the world championships last year was a “conspiracy.” 

In a s tatement Thursday, the International Olympic Committee criticized the backlash directed at Khelif and Taiwan's Lin during the Olympics, as well as the decision by the International Boxing Association, or IBA, to disqualify them from last year's Women’s World Boxing Championships.

"The current aggression against these two athletes is based entirely on this arbitrary decision, which was taken without any proper procedure — especially considering that these athletes had been competing in top-level competition for many years," the statement said, in part. "Such an approach is contrary to good governance."

The IOC noted in its statement that it withdrew recognition of the IBA last year. The relationship was severed following years of governance and financial transparency issues, as well as perceived instances of corruption.

Instead of the IBA, the IOC refers to the Paris 2024 Boxing Unit — an ad-hoc unit it developed — for its eligibility standards. In Thursday's statement, the IOC said, "As with previous Olympic boxing competitions, the gender and age of the athletes are based on their passport."

The Algerian Olympic and Sports Committee did not respond to a request for comment about the criticisms surrounding Khelif’s win.

Abderrahmane Hammad, Algeria’s minister of youth and sports, addressed concerns over Khelif’s gender identity Wednesday.

“I strongly condemn the baseless attacks on our athlete, Imane Khelif, by certain foreign outlets,” he wrote on X . “These cowardly attempts to tarnish her reputation are utterly unacceptable.”

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In a series of posts on social media Thursday, the Algerian Olympic and Sports Committee celebrated Khelif’s win.

“We are proud of you and look forward to seeing you shine even more in the next stages,” one of the translated Facebook posts said.

Khelif’s next match is against Hungary’s Luca Anna Hamori in Saturday’s women’s 66-kilogram quarterfinals .

Matt Lavietes is a reporter for NBC Out.

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Imane Khelif is scheduled to fight at the Paris Olympics today, two days after her controversial boxing match with Angela Carini.

On Thursday, Italy’s Carini quit just 46 seconds into her round-of-16 bout with Khelif, after the Algerian landed one significant punch.

Last year, Khelif was disqualified from the women’s World Championships in New Delhi for failing a gender eligibility test. At the same tournament, Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting was also disqualified for failing to meet the gender eligibility criteria of the International Boxing Association (IBA). Lin competed at the Olympics on Friday and came through her first encounter.

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The IBA did not specify why the boxers failed their gender eligibility tests but did clarify that neither underwent testosterone examinations. Neither Khelif, 25, nor two-time world champion Lin, 28, identifies as transgender or intersex .

Khelif’s win over Carini sparked controversy, as the latter withdrew after the Algerian landed the first clean punch of the fight. Carini immediately turned to her team and opted against continuing, and the Italian soon collapsed to her knees in tears. Carini, 25, could be heard telling her coach, “It’s not right, it’s not right,” and she later told reporters that she had never been hit so hard in her career.

Khelif is next scheduled to fight this afternoon at 4.22pm BST against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary, who posted controversial images and rhetoric on Instagram ahead of the bout. A victory would guarantee Khelif a bronze medal at 66kg and the chance to compete for silver or gold.

Carini, speaking after her fight with Khelif, said: “For me, it’s not a defeat. For me, when you climb those ropes, you’re already a warrior; you’re already a winner. Regardless of everything, it’s okay, fine like this. I didn’t lose tonight [...] I only did my job as a fighter. I got in the ring and I fought. I didn’t make it. I’m coming out with my head held high and with a broken heart.

“I’m a mature woman. The ring is my life. I’ve always been very instinctive, and when I feel that something isn’t right, it’s not giving up. It’s having the maturity to stop, it’s having the maturity to say: ‘OK, that’s enough.’

“I got in the ring and I said: ‘I’m going to give it all I’ve got, regardless of the person in front of me, who doesn’t interest me at this moment.’ I had to give my best. So, with regard to all the controversies, I was never interested. I went in and I just wanted to win.” Speaking to the BBC, she added: “It could have been the match of a lifetime, but I had to preserve my life as well in that moment.”

Later, Carini expressed regret at her behaviour in the aftermath of the fight and said she would like to apologise to Khelif.

“All this controversy makes me sad,” said Carini in an interview with Italian outlet La Gazzetta dello Sport , according to the BBC and the Associated Press. “I’m sorry for my opponent, too. If the IOC said she can fight, I respect that decision.

“It wasn’t something I intended to do [not shake her hand]. Actually, I want to apologise to her and everyone else. I was angry because my Olympics had gone up in smoke. I don’t have anything against Khelif. Actually, if I were to meet her again I would embrace her.”

The 2023 women’s World Championships were run by the IBA, which is no longer recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Instead, this summer’s Olympic boxing is being run by the Paris Boxing Unit (PBU), an ad-hoc unit established by the IOC’s Executive Board.

The IOC said in a statement at the start of the tournament: “All athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 comply with the competition’s eligibility and entry regulations, as well as all applicable medical regulations in accordance with rules 1.4 and 3.1 of the Paris 2024 Boxing Unit.

“The PBU endeavoured to restrict amendments to minimise the impact on athletes’ preparation and guaranteeing consistency between Olympic Games.”

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PARIS (AP) — Two female boxers at the Paris Olympics who were disqualified at the 2023 world championships after being judged to have failed gender eligibility tests have complied with all rules to fight at the games, the IOC said Monday.

Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan and Imane Khelif of Algeria are competing at their second Summer Games. Both finished outside the medals at the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021.

“All athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 comply with the competition’s eligibility and entry regulations, as well as all applicable medical regulations,” the International Olympic Committee said in a statement.

The 28-year-old Lin is a two-time worlds gold medalist and the 25-year-old Khelif won a silver at the 2022 tournament.

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Boxing officials picked to run Paris qualifying and finals tournaments tried “to restrict amendments to minimize the impact on athletes’ preparation and guaranteeing consistency between Olympic Games,” the IOC said.

The IOC-run database of about 10,700 athletes competing in Paris detailed both boxers’ experiences at the 2023 worlds.

Khelif was disqualified “just hours before her gold medal showdown” against a Chinese opponent “after her elevated levels of testosterone failed to meet the eligibility criteria.”

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Lin “was stripped of her bronze medal (by the IBA) after failing to meet eligibility requirements based on the results of a biochemical test,” the IOC database stated.

On Thursday, Khelif will fight Italy’s Angela Carini in the 66-kilogram category at the North Paris Arena. Lin, who got a first-round bye as the top seed in the 57-kilogram category, will have her opening bout Friday in the round of 16.

Medal bouts in boxing at Paris will be staged at the Roland Garros tennis venue.

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