- Jackson Irvine aims to prohibit transgender players
- He is the most publicized male player to express himself on the question
Socceroos midfielder Jackson Irvine has publicly criticized the ban on the English football association on transgender women in women’s football, describing the decision as a hypocrite.
Irvine, 32, who is the captain of the German Bundesliga St Pauli team, expressed his frustration in the face of the recent FA decision.
The ban, announced on May 1, has an impact on basic players who had already been authorized to participate in the previous policy.
The FA moved after the British Supreme Court ruled that the words “woman” and “sex” in the law on equality refer to a biological woman and a biological sex.
Irvine reacted to the decision by publishing on social networks: “Football deserves better. Our game is for everyone.
He entered in more detail on his feelings on the question this week while appearing on the Podcast “Real Talk” of Sky Sports.
Australian footballer Jackson Irvine (photo with his wife Jemilla) castigated the FA to ban transgender players
“For me, football always looked like the place where we would not be so heavy, especially in the immediate consequences of what is already a really worrying decision for all trans trans for all the people in the country,” he said.
“ It was really disappointing – in particular a federation which supported the campaigns of rainbow laces and which was very clear in their rhetoric on the fact that football is for everyone – to remove this far from a small group of footballers who want to do nothing other than to enjoy the game we all love.
“It was really, really disappointing to see that the decision comes out.”
There was a lot of support for prohibited players from the women’s football community – including stars like Anita Asante, Kerstin Casparji and Katie Startup.
But Irvine remains the biggest name of the male game to say publicly that it is against the ban.
When asked why it was the case, Irvine replied: “ I always think that we have a long way to go in football, and especially male football, to feel confident of talking about any social problem, and even less with regard to LGBTQ rights and things like that where players may not feel confident or supported to make these statements themselves. ”.
The footballer continued by saying that he would like to see more people talk about the question.
“The game has made progress,” he said.
“Generation, we are in a more accepting and open space as footballers as well as in our communities.
Irvine described the recent decision as “heavy” and said that “our game is for everyone”
Irvine said most of the male footballers do not feel confident to talk about questions like LGBTQ rights
“I would like to see more people oppose when we try to withdraw the rights of our footballers’ colleagues and try to do our best to make sure that all those who play our game have a safe and inclusive space to play the game we all like.”
Since the decision was rendered, the ultimate swimming pool group has updated its policy to prohibit trans women, who also received a report according to which Pool was a sport affected by the sexes.
The World Director of Snooker, the World Professional Billard and Snooker Association, also examines its policy.
The decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has been interpreted as signifying that transgender women, who are biologically male but who identify themselves as women, can be excluded from spaces reserved for women such as toilets and changing rooms.
The judges said that trans persons are still protected against discrimination under equality legislation and that this interpretation of the law does not make “potentially vulnerable group”.
