POLICY on TRANSGENDER PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN CCA EVENTS

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Conclusion

BACKGROUND

• IN 2003, THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE CONVENED AN AD-

HOC COMMITTEE TO ISSUE RECOMMENDATIONS “ON THE PARTICIPATION

OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE SEX REASSIGNMENT (male to

female and converse) IN SPORT”

• THIS POLICY BECAME KNOWN AS THE “STOCKHOLM CONCENSUS”

• CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ETHICS IN SPORT HAS BEEN ACTIVELY

INVESTIGATING A NEW POLICY FRAMEWORK AND BEST PRACTICES “THAT

WOULD FOSTER A MORE INCLUSIVE SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

EXPERIENCE FROM PLAYGROUND TO PODIUM”

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Conclusion

BACKGROUND

• THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE BY CCES MAY ACHIEVE THAT ‘LEVEL’ OF

INCLUSIVENESS, HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE PREMATURE FOR OUR SPORT TO

ADOPT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS UNTIL THE CONSULTATION / EDUCATION

PROCESS IS COMPLETED.

• THEREFORE, IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION WE ACCEPT THE STOCKHOLM

CONCENSUS AS CCA POLICY WITH ONE ADJUSTMENT.

Conclusion

POLICY

AN INDIVIDUAL WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN CANADIAN CURLING ASSOCIATION EVENTS THAT ALLOW WOMEN COMPETITORS PROVIDING:

1)THEY WERE FEMALE AT BIRTH

OR2)THEY HAVE UNDERGONE SEX REASSIGNMEMNT (MALE TO FEMALE) SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

a) INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE SEX REASSIGNMENT OF MALE TO FEMALE BEFORE PUBERTY SHALL BE REGARDED AS GIRLS AND WOMEN (FEMALE);

b) INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE SEX REASSIGNMENT FROM MALE TO FEMALE AFTER PUBERTY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN CCA EVENTS UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

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Conclusion

POLICY

i. SURGICAL ANATOMICAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING EXTERNAL GENITALIA CHANGES AND GONADECTOMY

ii. LEGAL RECOGNITION OF THEIR ASSIGNED SEX HAS BEEN CONFERRED BY THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIAL AUTHORITIES

iii. HORMONAL THERAPY APPROPRIATE FOR THE ASSIGNED SEX HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED IN A VERIFIABLE MANNER AND FOR A SUFFICIENT LENGTH OF TIME TO MINIMISE GENDER-RELATED ADVANTAGES IN SPORT COMPETITIONS

c) ELIGIBILITY MAY BEGIN NO SOONER THAN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER GONADECTOMY. TRANSITIONED ATHLETES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF APPLYING FOR A THERAPEUTIC USE EXEMPTION (TUE) FOR THE USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL TESTOSTERONE.

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Conclusion

POLICY (CONTINUED)

i. A CONFIDENTIAL CASE-BY-CASE EVALUATION WILL OCCUR.

ii. IN THE EVENT THAT THE GENDER OF A PARTICIPANT IS QUESTIONED, THE MEDICAL DELEGATE (OR EQUIVALENT) AS NOMINATED BY THE CANADIAN CURLING ASSOCIATION (CCA) SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE GENDER OF THE PARTICIPANT.

iii. ANY INVESTIGATION WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN A COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL MANNER RESPECTING THE ATHLETES RIGHT TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.