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Why is trans participation in sport so controversial?

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Trans women and non-binary people – neither male nor female – assigned male at birth have “strength, stamina and physique” advantages over the average woman, the government bodies said in their new guidelines for national governing sports bodies.

Inclusion in national and grassroots sport was paramount, the sports councils of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland said, urging organisations to “think in innovative and creative ways to ensure nobody is left out”.

The guidelines come during a fierce global debate about whether trans women should be allowed to compete in women’s sporting events, and – if they are – what the rules should be.

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