In November 2022, the CCES published Transgender Women Athletes and Elite Sport: A Scientific Review; an in-depth review of scientific and grey literature on transgender athlete participation in competitive sport. The CCES commissioned E-Alliance to complete the review of research, which included articles that were published in the English language between 2011 and 2021 inclusive. The report is divided into two sections - biomedical studies and sociocultural studies.
The scope of this review was limited to binary trans women who are elite athletes and was not sport specific. As a result, the conclusions are not directly applicable to other trans or non-binary populations and other levels of sport.
The review included only peer-reviewed articles or syntheses of academic literature (e.g., meta-analyses) in reputable academic journals. Grey literature, or non-academic literature, was included if it provided a summary of empirical data or if it described rules in place worldwide at the time of publication to include/exclude trans athletes.
Download the report: Transgender Women Athletes and Elite Sport: A Scientific Review