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Tracey Holmes for The Ticket and ABC Sport

Sport's governing bodies are at loggerheads about transgender participation, but Australia can take the lead

The International Olympic Committee left it up to individual sporting bodies to create their own policies around trans rights. (AAP: Dave Hunt)

Swimming's blanket ban on transgender women competing in international women's events is the polar opposite of the International Olympic Committee's framework suggesting inclusion first and review on a case-by-case basis.

Sport's governing bodies now feel pressured into picking sides in what has become a culture war, although experts warn that Australian anti-discrimination policies would prevent such blanket bans from being adopted here.

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