Sources expect ban within next six to 12 months IOC president wants to protect the female category Sources expect ban within next six to 12 months IOC president wants to protect the female category The International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympics. Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry