The German football federation has passed a rule allowing transgender, intersex and non-binary players to decide whether to play in men’s or women’s teams
German football is bucking the recent trend offrom women’s competition by allowing transgender, intersex and non-binary players to decide whether to play in men’s or women’s teams.
The German football federation passed a regulation for gender-nonconforming players with the civil status “diverse” or “unspecified” on Thursday.“It also applies to transgender players who can now switch at a self-determined time or remain initially in the team in which they’d been playing previously,” the DFB said.
The rules take effect in the coming season and will be incorporated into the DFB’s game regulations for youth, futsal and amateur football. Sabine Mammitzsch, who oversees women’s and girls’ football at the DFB, says there has long been a need for clarification. “The state and regional associations, but also relevant people at grassroots level, have been signalling for a long time that there are uncertainties with how to accommodate transgender, intersex and non-binary players,” she said.
“Therefore, they very much welcome the introduction of a national, comprehensive rule on the right to play.”
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