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Swim England updates transgender policy with 'open' category
London – Swim England announced an updated transgender and non-binary policy on Monday with a “female” category restricted to athletes with a declared birth sex of female and a new “open” category for everyone else.The national governing body for swimming in England said the policy, which comes into effect in September, would apply to its swimming, artistic swimming, diving and water polo competitions.The “open” category will be for those with a birth sex of male, trans or non-binary competitors.This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software.Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites. If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see this FAQ.