Transgender players who have been through male puberty will not be permitted to play international women’s cricket under new ICC gender eligibility regulations

The International Cricket Council has become the latest sports body to ban transgender players from the elite women’s game if they have gone through male puberty.

The ICC said it had taken the decision, following an extensive scientific review and nine-month consultation, to “protect the integrity of the international women’s game and the safety of players”.

It joins rugby union, swimming, cycling, athletics and rugby league, who have all gone down a similar path in recent years after citing concerns over fairness or safety.

    • セリャストEnglish
      12•1 year ago

      It’s already the case, most sports allow for women to play in men’s leagues… But they don’t. And trans women would suffer the same way cis women would in men dominated categories (or would they? Depends on the sport I guess, nobody would complain about trans women in F1 Academy I bet)

    • GreenMEnglish
      0•1 year ago

      women as females or identifier ? Open is males + trans females + trans males ?

      • @pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0•1 year ago

        Identity is irrelevant. The separation exists so that women get fair competition.

        Women as in someone who was born as, and always has been, biologically female.

        Open means everyone, unrestricted.

        • GreenMEnglish
          0•1 year ago

          I see so in other words keep it stricly male and female category and let female to enter male category by choice.
          Then we are where se are with people lobbing for change.