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

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...