{"id":1525390,"date":"2022-06-21T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525390"},"modified":"2022-06-21T18:35:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T22:35:05","slug":"falling-dominoes-another-sports-league-bans-transgender-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/falling-dominoes-another-sports-league-bans-transgender-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling Dominoes: Another Sports League Bans Transgender Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffalling-dominoes-another-sports-league-bans-transgender-athletes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525390&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rugby&#8217;s international governing body on Monday banned transgender athletes from competing, making it the latest sports body in recent weeks to restrict them from participating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Rugby League, which sets the rules for the sport in matches around the world and oversees the Rugby League World Cup, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrl.sport\/news\/statement-on-transgender-particiption-in-women-s-international-rugby-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> that male-to-female rugby players will not be permitted to play in sanctioned women&#8217;s matches before further research is conducted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It is the IRL\u2019s responsibility to balance the individual\u2019s right to participate \u2026 against perceived risk to other participants,&#8221; the league said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Swimming Federation on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/transgender-swimmers-new-rules-fina-world-governing-body-c17e99d3121fa964336458b57ae266f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0it will also restrict transgender athletes from competing in women&#8217;s events, saying it will only permit individuals who transitioned before the age of 12 to compete as women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British cycling moved to suspend transgender-inclusive policies in April, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcycling.org.uk\/about\/article\/20220408-about-bc-news-British-Cycling-statement--Transgender-and--Non-Binary-Participation-Policy-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying<\/span><\/a> its former guidelines were &#8220;unfair on all women riders and [pose] a challenge to the integrity of racing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More sports are expected to follow in the wake of the International Olympic Committee&#8217;s November decision to leave it up to its member federations to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/ioc\/news\/ioc-releases-framework-on-fairness-inclusion-and-non-discrimination-on-the-basis-of-gender-identity-and-sex-variations\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> guidelines for classifying athletes as men or women. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> poll from last week <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/poll-americans-say-no-to-transgender-athletes-in-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">showed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 58 percent of Americans believe biological men should be barred from women\u2019s professional and collegiate sports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/falling-dominoes-another-sports-league-bans-transgender-athletes\/\">Falling Dominoes: Another Sports League Bans Transgender Athletes<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rugby&#8217;s international governing body on Monday banned transgender athletes from competing, making it the latest sports body in recent weeks to restrict them from participating. 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