Women in the United Kingdom keep winning after a UK soccer association reversed its transgender policy that had allowed trans-identifying males to compete on women’s football teams.
The decision from the Football Association has banned trans-identifying males from competing against women on soccer teams in England, NBC News reported.
The group had previously allowed trans-identifying males who had reduced testosterone levels to play on the women’s teams.
“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,” the FA said in a statement about the policy change that will take place June 1.
It followed a reversal by the…
