Transgender women set for ban from playing women's football by FA

NAMPA / DPA

2025-05-01

London (PA Media/dpa) - Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women's football from June 1, 2025, the Football Association has announced. The FA said it had updated its policy in light of last month's UK Supreme Court ruling regarding the Equality Act. The governing body's transgender inclusion policy had been updated just prior to that ruling, and continued to allow transgender women to play in women's football provided they reduce......

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