British Rugby Seeks to Ban Trans Athletes from Competing Against Women
The British Rugby Football Union is moving toward banning transgender athletes from competing among natural-born women.
The British Rugby Football Union is moving toward banning transgender athletes from competing among natural-born women.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that a woman cannot be born with a penis “without being a man” during a trip to Rwanda, but warned that people must be “very, very sensitive” when discussing such issues.
The International Rugby League (IRL) has banned transgender athletes from participating in women’s sporting events.
Gold Medal swimmer Sharron Davies is calling for other sports to emulate the example set by swimming by banning transgender female athletes.
On Sunday, the international governing body for swimming, officially enacted rules that will exclude transgender swimmers such as Lia Thomas.
Fina, the world’s swimming governing body, has minted new rules that exclude males who have experienced puberty from women’s competitions.
Chinese multiple Olympic and world swimming champion Sun Yang has been banned from the sport for eight years for breaking anti-doping rules after a vial of his blood was smashed with a hammer.