Plans to Accommodate Transgender Swimmers at the World Cup Scrapped | EWTN News Nightly

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Plans to accommodate transgender swimmers at the World Cup starting today in Germany have been scrapped. World Aquatics had created a so-called "open category" for transgender competitors. That grouping was cancelled after it received no entries. Swimming's governing body has banned transgender competitors from major events like the Olympics and world championships. Director of the Independent Women's Forum, Julie Gunlock, joins to share what she makes of the fact that for a major swimming competition, no one signed up for the open category. She discusses what she thinks of the efforts by World Aquatics to accommodate transgender swimmers with an open category and whether any other sports are implementing similar rules. Gunlock fills us in on what else she is following. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf