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Tennis is the first major women’s sports league to require genetic testing
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Wren lemmy.today Wren@lemmy.today
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The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has taken a step beyond most other women’s sports leagues by requiring genetic sex testing for female athletes.

Despite being targeted at transgender women, this policy has the greatest potential to impact intersex cisgender women — especially because many of them don’t know they are intersex. There are no known trans women playing on the WTA Tour. But there are plenty of cis women who will now have to go through medical tests to prove their eligibility.

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Canaconda lemmy.ca Canconda@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-07-10
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Kind of surprised pro golf doesn't require genetic testing... not to determine gender mind you. /s

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Wren lemmy.today Wren@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-11-04
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Kind of surprised pro golf doesn't require genetic testing... not to determine gender mind you. /s

What an unnecessary and fucked up thing to say.

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Canaconda lemmy.ca Canconda@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-07-10
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What an unnecessary and fucked up thing to say.

woosh

I'm joking that if pro golf could they'd exclude POCs fyi

Thought it was a tacit comparison but I guess no

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Wren lemmy.today Wren@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-11-04
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woosh I'm joking that if pro golf could they'd exclude POCs fyi Thought it was a tacit comparison but I guess no

What an unnecessary and fucked up thing to say.

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Canaconda lemmy.ca Canconda@lemmy.ca
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What an unnecessary and fucked up thing to say.

woosh

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Mandarbmax lemmy.world Mandarbmax@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-03
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woosh I'm joking that if pro golf could they'd exclude POCs fyi Thought it was a tacit comparison but I guess no

I thought it was a paternity and child support joke actually

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SharkAttak kbin.melroy.org SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2024-09-23
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What if they instead they started their own Tennis Association?
(With blackjack and hookers?)

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