FA announces policy update banning trans women from women’s games

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The Football Association (FA), the governing body of national football in the UK, has announced a new policy which prevents trans women from playing in women’s games.

The updated policy follows the recent Supreme Court ruling which determined that the words ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ refer only to “biological women”, in the context of the Equality Act 2010.

“As the governing body of the national sport, our role is to make football accessible to as many people as possible, operating within the law and international football policy defined by UEFA and FIFA,” read a statement posted to the FA’s website.

An update following the Supreme Court ruling.

— The FA (@FA) May 1, 2025

“Our current policy, which allows transgender women to participate in the women’s game, was

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