Fri Oct 6, 2023 – 4:55 pm EDT
BERLIN, Germany (LifeSiteNews) – A proposed “open category” for gender-dysphoric swimmers at World Aquatics’ Berlin Swimming World Cup starting this weekend has been axed due to no one applying to take advantage of it.
“Following the close of registration for the open category competitions at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup – the Berlin 2023 meet scheduled for October 6-8th – World Aquatics can confirm that no entries have been received for the open category events,” announced the organization (previously known as the International Swimming Federation), Fox News reported.
The category was announced in July to accommodate “transgender”-identifying swimmers to appease LGBT activists who had complained that the organization only allowed “trans female” (i.e., biologically male) swimmers to compete against actual women if they had started their transitioning before age 12.
Despite no actual swimmers wanting to take advantage of the accommodation, World Aquatics reassured activists that its Open Category Working Group would “continue its work and engagement with the aquatics community on Open Category events. Even if there is no current demand at the elite level, the working group is planning to look at the possibility of
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