- Activists had called to prohibit transgender players in women’s sport
- There are no professional transgender players – but 20 at the amateur level
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The FA refused to ban transgender footballers from playing in the female game despite the new rules.
The participation of the Transgender has shaken the world of sport in recent months, like Harriet Haynes beating Lucy Smith 8-6 in the final of a swimming pool event in the professional women’s series, the two players being trans.
In America, during this time, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into fencing in the United States on the disqualification of a participant who refused to compete with a transgender opponent.
In addition, the Director of American University Sports, the NCAA, forbidden transgender women to participate in female sports earlier this year.
The new rules indicate that players could be judged on a case -by -case basis, with the “security of competitors” and “equity” considered.
Trans players are not prohibited, however, to participate in competitive women’s football in the country.
The FA refused to ban transgender players in new rules that will go into play in April
The new FA rules indicate: “When there is a problem concerning the eligibility of a player, the efforts will always be made to resolve it by the dialogue between the player, the County and the FA.
‘In Any Case Where (1) The Fa Does Not ApproSE A Player’s Application To Participate In Matches in the Women’s Game Following A Match Observation, OR (2) The Fa Reasonably Considers on the Ground of (A) Safety to Competitors and/Or (B) Fairness of Competition that it might A Player’s Eligibility to Participate in Matches in the Women’s Game Having Previously Grants Such Eligibility under this Policy, the Player or the Fa May Ret the Matter to the Fo’s Committee of Transgenres and Non -Binary for Determination.
The new rules come to play on April 1 and allow transgender women to appear in amateur competitions if they have reduced testosterone levels for at least a year.
20 transgender women are currently registered to play amateur football in England, and they can continue to do so if their testosterone levels have been less than 5 nmol per liter for at least 12 months.
There are currently no transgender woman playing professionally in England, and FA will ask for advice from FIFA if that changes. FIFA policy also surrounds testosterone levels and does not prohibit players.
This decision comes after pressure from activists so that football followed the rules of other sports. In November, a group protested against the rules outside of Wembley after a 17-year-old girl was prohibited for two games after asking a transgender opponent several times: “Are you a man?”
Mark Bullingham, CEO of FA, defended policy last month, but did not exclude “refining” the rules.
