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This is a victory for common sense. Sporting competition needs to be fair and farce had replaced fairness.”
Tory MP Sir John Hayes added
We’ve no further comment.”
Asked about an apology to biologically female players, the FA saidAre you a man?”
Only a few months ago, an autistic teenage footballer was hit with a six-match ban after asking a bearded transgender opponentWe don’t pay any attention to a team’s race, creed, religion or private life – so long as they can play football.
When they were founded, the London FA reportedly said
In a stunning show of cowardice and cruelty, the English FA has announced trans women will be barred from soccer at any FA level
Women's football outlet The Women's Game further condemned the body, sayingThey admit this is a complex subject, and it's been made clear to me from the people I've been speaking to that they have taken extensive legal advice on this
Speaking about the FA's decision, Sky Sports News senior reporter Rob Dorsett saidWe at Chelsea Pride condemn the Football Association's ban on transgender women in women's football
Chelsea FC's official LGBTQ+ community group took to social media to sayThe policy change sends a harmful message to trans players across the country - players who simply want to be part of the game they love, in the gender they live and identify as.
Issuing a statement, they saidI play for this team because it feels like it's somewhere I feel understood, safe and included
She told ITV NewsBeing allowed to play football has had an overwhelmingly positive impact on the physical and mental health of many trans women
They continuedRemember this is removing men from the women's game
Former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies, who has led calls from athletes demanding that women's sports are for women only, tweeted todayEveryone at TRUK United is deeply disappointed and outraged by the decision announced today by the Football Association (FA) to ban Transgender Women from participating in women's football from the age of 13.
They saidThe Supreme Court's ruling on the 16 April means that we will be changing our policy. Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women's football in England, and this policy will be implemented from 1 June 2025."
The Football Association said in a press release
It is fair for athletes who have gone through male puberty to be excluded from the female category in athletics," but that "athletics should remain an inclusive sport."
In a statement, they saidAs the governing body of the national sport, our role is to make football accessible to as many people as possible, operating within the law and international football policy defined by UEFA and FIFA,
the FA said in a statement on Thursday
This is a complex subject, and our position has always been that if there was a material change in law, science, or the operation of the policy in grassroots football then we would review it and change it if necessary,
the FA saidWe understand that this will be difficult for people who simply want to play the game they love in the gender by which they identify, and we are contacting the registered transgender women currently playing to explain the changes and how they can continue to stay involved in the game,
the association added
The terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman,
Supreme Court Justice Patrick Hodge said with five Supreme court judges unanimously passing the judgment
It's important to do it because it maintains... not just talking about the integrity of female women's sport, but actually guaranteeing it,
said Coe
As a gender-affected sport, the Scottish FA board has determined that from the start of season 2025/26 only biological females will be permitted to play in competitive girls' and women's football which is governed by the Scottish FA."
In a separate announcement, the SFA said