This is happening in the US where the debate about women’s rights seems to be heightening. Gabbard has introduced a Bill that would prevent any male from taking part in women’s sport. https://twitter.com/tulsigabbard/status/1337563434200616961
Tulsi Gabbard’s Bill follows commitments in the opposite direction by President-elect Joe Biden https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1334999675527548928?s=21
This hasn’t come from nowhere: the Guardian was reporting this court decision in May 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/may/28/connecticut-transgender-federal-civil-rights-lawsuit
Policy allowing transgender athletes to compete as girls found to violate US law

The US department of education has said Connecticut’s policy allowing transgender girls to compete as girls in high school sports is a Title IX violation

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/may/28/connecticut-transgender-federal-civil-rights-lawsuit
World Rugby studied the evidence and made this decision in October https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/54491179
World Rugby trans guidelines divide opinion

World Rugby's decision to prevent transgender women from competing at the highest levels of the women's game has been criticised by LGBT charity Stonewall.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/54491179
And this is the latest study published on the issue https://twitter.com/fondofbeetles/status/1336280822794563584
Sports scientist Ross Tucker has also researched and published extensively on this increasingly heated issue

https://twitter.com/scienceofsport?s=21
And this is an account which advocates for ‘trans inclusion’ in women’s sports

https://twitter.com/outsports?s=21 

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