Transgender women will be barred from playing for female soccer teams in England from June 1, the Football Association, the sport’s governing body in the country, has said.
In a statement, the Football Association, known as the F.A., said that it had changed its policy as a result of a Supreme Court ruling last month, that said Britain’s equality laws were based on “biological sex” and that trans women did not fall within the legal definition of women.
The F.A. is the latest body to update its policies as a result of the judgment, which all public and private bodies in Britain must now incorporate into internal practice on single-sex services and spaces.