The policy acknowledges that its parent organization, the International Powerlifting Federation, has accepted the International Olympic Committee’s guidelines on the subject -- that trans women are welcome to compete if they undergo hormone therapy.
“However, the IOC Guidelines also allows [sic] sports to determine the impact on fair play through such inclusion,” the policy reads. The International Powerlifting Federation’s medical committee, “while respecting the rights of those who choose to transition,” believes, among other things, that allowing trans women to compete “compromises fair play.”