Halba Diouf : la fédération française d'athlétisme jugée pour discrimination à l'égard de l'athlète transgenre
The Paris Criminal Court will deliver its decision on Wednesday, January 28, in the case opposing transgender sprinter Halba Diouf to the French Athletics Federation (FFA), which the athlete is suing for discrimination based on gender identity and moral harassment.
An unprecedented trial. The decision concerning acts of discrimination and moral harassment against the transgender athlete Halba Diouf, attributed to the French Athletics Federation (FFA), which denies the accusations, will be handed down this Wednesday, January 28, by the 12th chamber of the Paris Criminal Court.
A member of a Provençal athletics club, the woman, who was born male in Senegal before beginning her transition in France in 2021, accuses the French Athletics Federation (FFA) of having banned her from regional and higher-level women's competitions since February 2023 based on her gender. The French athletics governing body denies this accusation.
The case of the 23-year-old sprinter is therefore raising questions for the first time in French courts regarding the participation of transgender athletes in women's competitions.
A first, heated hearing last December
Since the FFA removed its name from regional and national events, the latter had taken the matter to court, in two separate proceedings, one criminal and one administrative.
On December 17, 2025, a first hearing took place before the Paris Criminal Court. "I am not allowed to run because I am a transgender woman," she declared in the dock, during a hearing marked by sharp exchanges between a judge and Halba Diouf's defense.
"The violence of this hearing, which in my eyes was unnecessary and totally surreal, is a very strong indicator that, even at the heart of a high-level French criminal jurisdiction, there are societal messages that have not yet been received," commented Halba Diouf's lawyer, before adding: "It's annoying and above all a shame, because we are missing out on real issues."
Faced with what some considered a "surreal" hearing, the FFA's lawyer demanded acquittal, asserting that the accusations were based on no material evidence. "Inclusion cannot come at any price," he argued.
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