LONDON – The governing body of this sport said on Thursday that sexually transgender women will be prevented from playing on women’s football teams in England after the UK Supreme Court ruling last month.
The Football Association said it decided to change its rules that allowed sexually converted athletes to play football for women if they reduce the levels of testosterone. The Scottish Football Association made a similar decision last week.
The UK’s highest court has issued a ruling two weeks ago that a woman was set for anti -discrimination purposes as a person born biological. The head of the Equality and Human Rights Committee said after the ruling that the sexual transformed women from women’s toilets, hospital wings and sports teams will be excluded.
While the ruling was chanting by some feminist groups, it was convicted by groups of transit property rights who said it had a widespread and harmful effect on daily life.
The FA said that its policy was to make sport within reach of the largest possible number of people, but it would lead to amendments if there were changes in law, science or “popular football” operations.
“We understand that this will be difficult for people who simply want to play the game they love in the gender they determine, and we are communicating with sexually transgender women who are currently playing to explain the changes and how they can continue to participate in the game,” the Football Association said in a statement.
It was not clear that the number of players who would be affected by the policy that will get June 1.
