The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that transgender women will be banned from female categories starting at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games under a new policy it calls “evidence-based and expert-informed.” And if this makes you wonder how many Transgender women have competed in Olympic so far, then the answer is one. History shows that only one openly transgender woman has ever competed, and her name is Laurel Hubbard, who participated in Tokyo 2020 but did not medal. No openly trans women competed in Paris 2024, and none have medaled. Meanwhile, Quinn became the first openly transgender and non-binary Olympic medalist, but does not identify as a trans woman.
