The National Football Association of England announced on Thursday that transgender women will not be able to play their affiliated women's football teams since early June. Ad – is a change of rules of FA in response to a recent The ruling of the Supreme Court of the UK On the definition of “woman” by law on British equality.
“As the governing body of national sports, our role is to make football accessible as many people working within the law and international football policy, defined by UEFA and FIFA,” FA said on Thursday.
Last month, FAs have amended their rules for applying tougher fitness criteria for Trans Women last month to play women's football teams but allowed them to play.
“This is a difficult topic, and our position has always been that if there was a significant change in the law, science or activity of politics in the grassroots football, we would revise it and changed it if necessary,” FA said. “The Supreme Court ruling on April 16 means that we will change our policy. Transgender women will no longer be able to play women's football in England, and this policy will be implemented from June 1, 2025.”
FA manages football leagues across the country of different levels, many of which are non -professional and play the weekend. In April, FA said that there were approximately 20 transgenders, among millions of amateur players registered in the association, CBS News BBC News reports.
“We understand that it will be difficult for the people who just want to play the game they love in the gender they identify, and we turn to registered transgenders who are now playing to explain the changes and how they can continue to participate in the game.”