World Rugby and International Gay Rugby (IGR) have signed an “historic agreement” to collaborate on the continued promotion of equality and inclusivity in rugby. The agreement, signed at World Rugby House in Dublin this week, outlines a commitment between the two organisations to work together to educate and eliminate homophobia in rugby. Under the terms […]
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US Republican senator, Mike Lee of Utah, has launched an attack on trans youth playing sports alongside other children.
TV presenter Piers Morgan, known for his controversial views, has publicly agreed with World Rugby’s decision to prevent trans women from playing in professional leagues, arguing it was a safety risk to other players.
Despite recent rulings from World Rugby, the international union for the sport, stating trans women should not be allowed to play professionally on the basis of ‘safety’, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) in England has announced it will continue to allow trans women to participate.
World Rugby, the global union for the sport, published a new series of guidelines on Friday 9 October preventing transgender women competing at the highest levels of the game.
Dozens of academics criticise World Rugby’s proposals to ban trans women from playing women’s rugby
International Gay Rugby (IGR) addresses the transgender and non-binary rugby-playing community following reports that on-going work to update World Rugby guidelines would exclude transgender women from the game.
