FA to ban transgender women from playing women’s football in England

FA to ban transgender women from playing women’s football in England

Decision by FA comes after supreme court rulingRuling comes into force from 1 June

The Football Association has announced that it will ban transgender women from playing in women’s football from 1 June. It follows the ruling from the supreme court that the term “woman” in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman.

The decision comes barely a month after the FA ruled that transgender women could continue to play in the women’s game as long as they kept their testosterone levels below 5 n/mol for at least 12 months.

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