FA boss claims trans ban not an ‘ideological judgement’ – even though it’s not mandated by law

The chief executive of the Football Association, Mark Bullingham, has claimed the sporting body’s decision to ban trans women from playing women’s football is “not an ideological judgement”.

Last week, both the FA – the football governing body for England, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man – and Scottish FA announced trans women would be barred from playing female football following the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the legal definition of a woman.

Justices for the UK highest court published their decision on 16 April that the protected characteristic of ‘sex’ in the 2010 Equality Act solely refers to ‘biological’ women and excludes trans women.

The ruling is expected to have wide-ranging impacts for the trans community, organisations, public bodies and services, and has already seen the England and Wales

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