A short piece from @SkyNewsBreak on the new trans guidance published by the UK's Sports Councils. Includes commentary by @AskNic "Sports can't continue under the illusion that you can balance inclusion, safety and fairness all in one offering. They ...
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RT @JonnyWorst: The Sports Council guidance acknowledges that 'inclusion' is not an unalloyed moral positive, setting it against 'fairness' - this seems significant, and not only for sport. Resistance to unpacking 'inclusion' prevents all serious ...
RT @sharrond62: Any contact sport that doesn’t take note of the hugely indepth fact based report by Uk sport should be sued out of existence 4endangerment should a female get hurt or killed by a male, when males of equal weight punch 160% harder. ...
RT @seaningle: The headline hides how bold this is - new guidelines from 5 sports councils which fund sports in UK, say there is no magic solution that balances trans inclusion and fairness and safety in women’s sport. And say there are ‘retained’ ...
Sport Councils conducted hundreds of interviews. This is the first comprehensive assessment of the views concerning the impact of trans inclusion on others. /1 https://t.co/uIhD22...
This is why politicians and policy makers MUST make an effort to hear a diversity of views. Here female athletes admit "almost no-one would be brave enough to discuss this in public". Others had been "warned not to discuss the topic & threatened ...
An essential read. @seaningle at @guardian summarises what the new trans guidance means for sport. /1 https://t.co/pLL8f8...
RT @DailyMailUK: Trans athletes DO have advantage when competing in female sport, new guidance says https://t.co/Hi9yHR...
How disappointing. Of course there will be diversity of views within the gay community and that's OK. Having a different opinion to you @RealMattLucas doesn't make something 'hateful'. https://t.co/U9YSBo...
This is why seeking a diverse views is so important. https://t.co/xhcCOs...
RT @runthinkwrite: Blimey. Please read section 6 of the project report: "The overwhelming majority of people who considered fairness and safety could not be achieved with transgender inclusion into female sport did not feel confident to voice these ...
RT @Baronessjenkin: I have just forced myself to read the impact statements from #SarahEverard family. All of them. They are heartbreaking. Utterly utterly heartbreaking. #VAWG is happening all the time. As a society we have to do more. And better. ...
“reserving a sport category for biological females is both lawful and necessary to guarantee the fair and safe inclusion of women in sport.” https://t.co/SB2oXK...
This is incorrect. Case-by-case field assessments to determine which transwomen can or cannot compete are neither practical nor verifiable. It cannot be used to deliver the legitimate aim of the policy which is fairness and safety for female. ...
To develop their trans participation guidance the sports councils have undertaken the most comprehensive and in-depth consultation to date. This is impressive and should be considered the gold standard approach /1 @sportscotland @Sport_England ...
Bravo @Sport_England @sportscotland @SportNINet @sportwales @uk_sport. As part of their review into trans participation they conducted an *Equality Impact Assessment*. #bestpractice #GoldStandard /1 https://t.co/PfGPOa... https://t.co/tzWx8F...
RT @JackieDP: ‘Why are you waffling on about women’s rights’. Women’s rights do matter. Plenty of gay people like you think so too and prefer to support @ALLIANCELGB rather than @stonewalluk Get over it https://t.co/2AoycO...
Plurality of views is essential. @Conservatives are now getting the right. @UKLabour needs to follow their lead. https://t.co/JH0BJI...
Sports must now make a choice – they either prioritise the views of male-born people in female sport at the expense of women and girls. Or they can protect the future of women’s sport by looking for new ways to increase participation of transwomen. ...
Important thread from @runthinkwrite on new trans guidance in sport 👇 https://t.co/HGQaCZ...
Listen to @asknic @fairplaywomen talking about the new transgender guidance from the sports councils with @JuliaHB1 on @talkRADIO at 9.25am https://t.co/7oUU2b...
This line is also hugely significant. @EnglandRugby are proposing to mitigate the obvious safety and fairness issues in women's Rugby by implementing some kind of 'case-by-case' assessment of transwomen. We told them that cannot work. Now sports ...
This line in the new trans guidance is crucially important. @ECB_cricket policy is currently based on self-ID. No Testosterone limits at all. Sports Councils guidance is clear that this cannot be sustained if cricket claims to value the women's game. ...
"Transgender inclusion in sport could be improved by adding 'open' and 'universal' categories to male and female ones, new guidance says." /1 https://t.co/U3uD8b...
RT @coachblade: @Phildidgee @FondOfBeetles @cathydevine56 @Scienceofsport @sharrond62 @fairplaywomen @Martina I am happy that at least they admit that it is permissible to segregate sports in the basis of biological sex. And they offer one of the ...
Our statement on the new guidelines for transgender participation in sport published by the UK Sports Councils /1 https://t.co/7oUU2b...
BREAKING NEWS: New guidelines for transgender participation in UK sport published today /1 https://t.co/XLJsQp...