{"id":1633099,"date":"2022-09-05T08:34:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T12:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1633099"},"modified":"2022-09-05T08:34:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T12:34:55","slug":"rugby-transgender-athlete-ban-under-threat-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rugby-transgender-athlete-ban-under-threat-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby Transgender Athlete Ban Under Threat In England"},"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%2Frugby-transgender-athlete-ban-under-threat-in-england%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=1633099&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--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A ban on transgender players taking part in women\u2019s rugby is now under threat, with the body responsible for the sport in England being hit with a legal case over the decision.<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s Rugby Football Union (RFU) \u2014 the body responsible for the management and regulation of rugby union\u00a0\u2014 has been hit with a legal case over its announcement that it was banning all transgender players from taking part in women\u2019s rugby.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The ban \u2014 which was announced earlier in the year \u2014 was reportedly prompted by fears to do with player safety and mirrors similar bans implemented by international bodies for both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/08\/07\/womens-lgbt-football-team-with-trans-player-beats-finals-opponent-by-eight-goals\/\">rugby union<\/a> and its sister sport, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/06\/20\/international-rugby-league-bans-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports\/\">rugby league<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/rugby-union\/2022\/09\/03\/exclusive-rfu-hit-legal-action-transgender-women-ban\/\">report<\/a> by\u00a0<em>The Telegraph<\/em>, the English ban is now under threat after one of the players reportedly affected sent the RFU a\u00a0pre-action protocol letter \u2014 a document aimed at resolving a legal dispute before court proceedings are launched.<\/p>\n<p>According to the letter, the player\u2019s legal team believes that the blanket ban on transgender players breaches Britain\u2019s\u00a0Equality Act of 2010, which arguably renders discrimination based on someone\u2019s \u201cgender reassignment protected characteristic\u201d illegal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The body will now reportedly be forced to show that such a blanket ban is \u201cnecessary\u201d under the act, something the body seems to believe it can do, considering it has described the legal challenge as being \u201cwithout merit\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe any potential claim is without merit and we will robustly defend the case,\u201d the body told\u00a0<em>The Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">British Rugby Seeks to Ban Trans Athletes from Competing Against Women<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uMiAi1HIpX\">https:\/\/t.co\/uMiAi1HIpX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1550586486956982272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the body is reported as being initially reticent to implement a blanket ban on transgender players in the sport, it eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/07\/22\/british-rugby-seeks-ban-trans-athletes-competing-against-women\/\">took the decision<\/a> to implement such a measure in July of this year.<\/p>\n<p>The move aligned the RFU with the recommendations of World Rugby, the governing body responsible for the management of rugby union worldwide, which had recommended that such a blanket ban be put in place by all national regulatory bodies back in 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTransgender women may not currently play women\u2019s rugby,\u201d a guideline document by the body <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/08\/07\/womens-lgbt-football-team-with-trans-player-beats-finals-opponent-by-eight-goals\/\">reads<\/a>. \u201cWhy? Because of the size, force- and power-producing advantages conferred by testosterone during puberty and adolescence, and the resultant player welfare risks this creates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World Rugby also expressly rejected any claims that hormone therapy taken by trans players took away the danger posed to biological females, or the advantages males have compared to such females when playing rugby.<\/p>\n<p>Such a position has also been taken by the world regulator for rugby union\u2019s sister game, rugby league, which made the decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/06\/20\/international-rugby-league-bans-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports\/\">ban all transgender players<\/a> from female competition in June of this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the interests of avoiding unnecessary welfare, legal and reputational risk to International Rugby League competitions, and those competing therein, the IRL believes there is a requirement and responsibility to further consult and complete additional research before finalising its policy,\u201d the International Rugby League body said in a statement back in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the IRL\u2019s responsibility to balance the individual\u2019s right to participate \u2014 a longstanding principle of rugby league and at its heart from the day it was established \u2014 against perceived risk to other participants, and to ensure all are given a fair hearing,\u201d it concluded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Womens \u2018LGBT\u2019 Football Team with Trans Player Beats Finals Opponent by Eight Goals <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7U1WqCSbft\">https:\/\/t.co\/7U1WqCSbft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1556269308086734848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Peter Caddle on Twitter:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peter_caddle\"><span>@Peter_Caddle<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ban on transgender players taking part in women\u2019s rugby is now under threat, with the body responsible for the sport in England being hit with a legal case over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1633101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1633099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1633101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}