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Transgender women to be banned from English women's soccer teams
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The English Football Association has announced a ban on transgender women playing in women's soccer in England from June 1, 2025. This decision is in response to a Supreme Court ruling last month, which defined the term "woman" under the Equality Act as excluding trans women. The ban applies to all levels of women's football in England, and the Scottish Football Association has also announced it will implement a similar ban from the start of its 2025/26 season.
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.
We 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.
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- 1.English Football Association
- 2.World Athletics
- 3.Athlete Ally
- 4.FIFA
- 5.Free Syrian Army
- 6.International Olympic Committee
- 7.Sex Matters
- 8.UK Supreme Court
- 9.Union of European Football Associations