Male-bodied players in women's rugby: World Rugby formulates sane policy, Rugby Canada still off with the fairies

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https://quillette.com/2020/09/27/keeping-male-bodies-out-of-womens-rugby/

A rare scintilla of hope in a sea of madness.

From November 2015 until February 2020, World Rugby, rugby’s global governing body, incorporated guidelines established by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on transgender participation in sports. According to these rules, males who wish to self-identify into women’s rugby could do so if they committed to reducing their testosterone levels to 10 nmol per liter or lower for at least 12 months. (The average level for men is about seven times that level.)


During this period, instances of biological males playing in the women’s game increased, and some participants began to express alarm. One rugby referee posted on the website Fair Play for Women, for instance, that “being forced to prioritize hurt feelings over broken bones exposes me to personal litigation from female players who have been harmed by players who are biologically male. This is driving female players and referees out of the game.” ...

 

[laughing dog]

In the linked article that was presumably trimmed out, Rugby Canada disagrees with World Rugby's ruling and will use self-identification only for Canadian rugby.