After seeing much misinformation and confusion around the current situation within women’s boxing at the Olympics, in particular the inclusion of two boxers who were deemed ineligible for women’s boxing after eligibility testing, The Countess sports working group has put together this short explainer on why the female category exists, how it interacts with disorders...

We, a diverse group of individuals and organisations who advocate for women’s rights, call upon the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”) to urgently investigate the eligibility of two boxers (Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting) to compete in the women’s Olympics boxing events, which commenced this week in Paris...

Countess presents to the UN.Our working group on Sport has made great progress behind the scenes building relationships with sport governing bodies (SGB) and in the public sphere raising awareness of the incursion of males into female sport in the name of trans rights.

Despite clear evidence on the physical differences between males and females, the LGFA have opted to centre males in their new Transgender Policy. This is a huge betrayal of their grass roots players and management. Furthermore, the policy gives no guidance to clubs on handling the complexities of this area.