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Why the World Rugby guidelines banning trans athletes from the women's game are reasonable

  • Written by Jon Pike, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, The Open University
Why the World Rugby guidelines banning trans athletes from the women's game are reasonableBRENDON THORNE/AAP

In 2020, World Rugby undertook a painstaking policy process to address the issue of transwomen in rugby. This led to guidelines that exclude transwomen from competing in women’s rugby at the World Cup level — the first international sports federation to do so.

The new guidelines don’t exclude transwomen from...

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