Stonewall responds to recent International Olympic Committee announcement

A Stonewall spokesperson said:

Sport has a unique power to bring people together, and the Olympics is always the epitome of this. Today's decision will be one that stokes further division in our increasingly polarised world. 

Considerations of safety and fairness should always sit at the heart of sporting competition; but there will undoubtedly be an unintended ripple effect across community and grassroot sports, where many trans people, young and old, will hear the message they are unwelcome and that sport is not a place for them. 

Our Rainbow Laces campaign is focused on helping ensure that all LGBTQ+ people feel they do belong and that they can move with pride.

You can find out more about our Rainbow Laces campaign and work with The EHRC’s Statutory Guidance and the UK Supreme Court ruling.