The culture secretary, who is to meet British sporting organisations on Tuesday, wrote in the Mail on Sunday: ‘I want all of our sporting governing bodies to follow that policy’
Such decisions have been welcomed by Dorries, who wrote: “Finally, reason seems to be returning to the world of sport – and when I gather our own sporting governing bodies this week, I’ll be making it crystal clear that I expect them to follow suit.
“It shouldn’t need to be said, but in the vast majority of sports, asking women and teenage girls to compete against someone born male is inherently unfair – particularly when we know there are existing challenges and barriers that stop women and girls getting involved in sport.”Download the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhones or the Google Play store on Android phones by searching for 'The Guardian'.
That could yet prove a recipe for stasis. Last year the Sports Councils Equality Group, set up by the five councils that fund grassroots sport in the UK, saidto satisfy all sides of the debate and that sports had to choose between safety and fairness on one side and trans inclusion on the other. However there has been little change since.
Meanwhile any significant changes are likely to be opposed by the LGBTQ+ body Stonewall. It has previously warned that “inflammatory rhetoric surrounding the issue only serves to perpetuate an atmosphere where trans people feel unwelcome to play community sport with their friends or go to the gym”.
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