Can Transgender Women Compete In The Olympics. New zealand's laurel hubbard has become the first ever transgender athlete picked to compete at an olympics, in a controversial decision. In this context, the principles contained in the framework are aimed at ensuring that competition in each of these categories is fair and safe, and that athletes are not.

Laurel hubbard became the first openly transgender woman to compete at an olympics on monday, a historic moment for trans rights advocates even as rival campaigners argued. New guidance from the international olympic committee (ioc) says there should be no assumption that a transgender athlete automatically has an unfair advantage in female.