ICC Enforces New Trans Rules: No Trans Women in Women’s Cricket

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• The International Cricket Council’s board recently came up with new regulations for cricket.

New Regulations in Women’s Cricket: Restrictions on Transgender Players Post-Male Puberty

• Under the new regulations, any player who has transitioned from male to female and has been through any form of male puberty will not be allowed to participate in women’s international cricket, regardless of any surgery or gender reassignment treatment they may have undertaken.

Revised Transgender Eligibility Rules in Cricket Impact First International Trans Player

• Earlier, a transgender woman had to keep testosterone serum to 5 nanomoles or below for a period of 12 months.  This was in line with the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC)recommendations. 
  • The new rule means Canada’s Danielle McGahey, who became the first transgender player to feature in international cricket earlier this year, will no longer be eligible to play women’s cricket. 
  • McGahey, originally from Australia, had fulfilled ICC’s old criteria that made her eligible to play in the Women’s T20 Qualifiers for the 2024 T20 World Cup.

Transgender Inclusion Policies: World Rugby Takes Stand, Other Sports Follow Suit

• In 2020, World Rugby became the first international sports federation to say transgender women cannot compete at the elite and international level of the women’s game.
• Female world ranking competitions: No transgender athlete who had gone through male puberty is permitted to compete in female world ranking competitions. FINA (now known as World Aquatics) – swimming’s world governing body also stops transgender athletes from competing in women’s elite races if they had gone through any part of the process of male puberty. 
  • In 2020, World Rugby became the first international sports federation to say transgender women cannot compete at the elite and international level of the women’s game.

News Source: Indian Express

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