England Hockey has banned men who identify as women from playing in the women’s category.
The field hockey governing body has seemingly created a clever workaround, implementing a “female” category and an “open” category but no category for men.
This effectively forces all biological men into the open division to ensure the women’s sport is unaffected.
“England Hockey recognises that this is an evolving landscape of both policy and research and that societal attitudes are ever-changing,” England Hockey said in a press release.
“Based on the current available evidence and that hockey requires the physical capabilities of strength, endurance, speed, and acceleration as key factors for success, hockey is considered a gender-affected sport,” the governing body admitted. “Based on this evidence (which can be found in the policy), we have determined that the Trans and Non-Binary Participation Policy should restrict trans participation in order to secure fair competition.” […]
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