Canada Voted in Favour of Policy Banning Transgender Swimmers From Competing in Women’s Events

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas (2nd L) of Penn University and transgender swimmer Iszac Henig (L) of Yale pose with their medals after placing first and second in the 100-yard freestyle swimming race at the 2022 Ivy League Women's Swimming & Diving Championships at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 19, 2022. Joseph Prezioso/Getty Images

Canada has voted in favour of a policy that bans biological men from competing in women’s swimming events unless they had undergone gender transition before the age of 12.

In a policy that went into effect on June 20, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) allows biological male swimmers to compete in women’s events only if they have not experienced male puberty, having had puberty suppressed, before age 12.