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SEENinSport

5 months

We are Seen in Sport – a network for players, parents, coaches, and officials who believe that female categories were instigated by governing bodies precisely because there is a biological difference between men and women.

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

5 months

We believe that fair play is only meaningful when these categories are protected. We believe that both the science, and evidence from women and girls, supports the need for female categories at both elite and recreational levels.

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@SportSEENuk

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We believe that many national governing bodies are in breach of the Equality Act 2010, by not protecting these categories. We recognise that it is tough for players, coaches, parents and officials to speak up.

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@SportSEENuk

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We believe sport is and can be for all but, to grow the women and girl’s game and protect females in sport, those who are biologically male should participate only in open, mixed or men's categories.

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Seen in Sport is committed to the belief that sex is binary and immutable, and aligned to the principles of other SEEN networks in the UK in upholding the protections related to sex laid out in the Act.

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@SportSEENuk

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We feel that the inconsistency of NGBs' strict criteria on age and disability categories, whilst imposing no such restrictions on men playing in female categories, does not adhere to NGBs' stated aims to provide equity, equality and opportunities for all.

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@SportSEENuk

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We also recognise that there are inherent safety risks both whilst playing, and in changing rooms and toilets, and it is vital for these to be safe single-sex spaces for women and girls.

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@SportSEENuk

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We recognise that speaking up might impact the development opportunities players and officials get, and that they might be subjected to abuse and slurs just for questioning their NGB's policy.

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@SportSEENuk

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This is a great site celebrating those women who were displaced in their competitions by a man @PinchesLynne you are on here!

List of Female Athletes by Sport | She Won

This website is dedicated to archiving the achievements of female athletes who were displaced by males in women’s sporting events.

www.shewon.org

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@SportSEENuk

3 months

Note to all those (usually men) telling girls not to participate and take a stand - women and girls were not asked if they wanted TIM in their sport. NGB's undemocratically allowed men in, without asking women and girls @FA @ECB_cricket @Riley_Gaines_

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@SportSEENuk

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@ECB_cricket has a self-ID policy that allows TIM into the very categories it created specifically for females Women and girls were not asked if they were happy with this

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@SportSEENuk

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Contact your Sports' Governing Body & let them know how you feel about allowing males into female categories of sport (and into changing rooms and toilets) using the WRN template letter. Check the WRN Fair Sports Awards for links to sports' transgender policies & contact details

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@SportSEENuk

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Is your sport worthy of a gold award? Or is it a rotten tomato? @WomensRightsNet have done some amazing work on sport in the UK. Find out where your sport stands here:

Sporting Body Policies | Women's Rights Network | UK

We play sport with our bodies, and therefore, in the interests of fairness, we must keep sporting categories separated on the basis of sex, and not gender identity.

www.womensrights.network

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@SportSEENuk

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@mara_yamauchi @lucyfrazermp Absolutely! Why should only elite sport be protected? What about the thousands of women and girls wanting fair sport, safe changing rooms and toilets and to enjoy the sport they love without fear of injury or intimidation?

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@SportSEENuk

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@rowinggeek @lucyfrazermp @KemiBadenoch @biztradegovuk cutting funding would be a huge wake up call. @Sport_England why do NGB's receive so much funding to increase women and girl's participation and yet men are allowed to access female categories?

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@SportSEENuk

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So the argument goes like this..... "the numbers are too small for it to matter!" We say it does matter. Even if just one women or girl self excludes, that is one too many

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@SportSEENuk

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@sharrond62 @DCMS @lucyfrazermp @FA @ECB_cricket ALL sport, not just elite. Why would only elite athletes require safe and fair sport? TIM's impact female sport at all levels. This is disingenuous by @lucyfrazermp and frankly it is shocking that she (and the @FA and @ECB_cricket ) cannot see that.

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@SportSEENuk

5 months

Unsure about the importance of keeping women and girl's sport for biological females only? Check out this report by @fairplaywomen

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@SportSEENuk

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@fairplaywomen Evidence the NGB's are ignoring. It's criminal that women and girls have been sold down the river by the very organisations that pour millions of pounds into growing the female game!

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@SportSEENuk

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@PeterTatchell a. the research has been done b. women and girls don't want men in their sport/changing rooms/toilets c. individual assessment would be costly time consuming No one is banned from sport. People are segregated for reasons of age, sex and ability to ensure sport is safe and fair

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@SportSEENuk

4 months

Time for @BUCSsport to review their transgender policy? Written in 2016 (with a numbers update in 2019) you'd have thought keeping sport at uni safe and fair would be a priority @fairplaywomen @WomensRightsNet @sharrond62

BUCS Transgender Policy

www.bucs.org.uk

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

3 months

Using the excellent WRN Rotten Tomato awards, we will be highlighting sports that do not have fair or safe policies for women and girls - with the summer upon us, first up is cricket!

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@SportSEENuk

3 months

@Telegraph covered this last year with the headline: Trans woman competes against girls as young as 12 – parents demand answers from ECB

Trans woman competes against girls as young as 12 – parents demand answers from ECB

Exclusive: Multiple letters have been sent from concerned parents while six counties demand clarification over game’s transgender policy

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@SportSEENuk

4 months

@WomensRightsNet @womenshealth @WomensHealthMag @c_l_sanderson do your research before you call women who want fair sport 'nasty.' Maybe go out and ask those women and girls who have lost out or have been injured whether they want men in their sport?

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@SportSEENuk

3 months

@Dukland @WesleyAntonyD A coach will lose their job, be told they are transphobic and potentially have their career ruined. Doesn't make it right. Of course it doesn't. But it's a hard stand to take in such a toxic atmosphere. It's the governing bodies who are at fault

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@SportSEENuk

5 months

Follow this link to find out about the Equality Act 2010

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@SportSEENuk

3 months

The ECB are well deserved recipients of the @WomensRightsNet Rotten Tomato Award having consistently refused to recognise the Equality Act 2010 which allows sport to be segregated by biological sex

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@SportSEENuk

3 months

The Self-ID policy allows TIM into female safe spaces, including toilets. Imagine being 12 years old, leaking whilst playing and having to change in a loo with a bloke standing just outside your cubicle door

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@SportSEENuk

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@WomensRightsNet Check out the @WRN link to find out more -

Sporting Body Policies | Women's Rights Network | UK

We play sport with our bodies, and therefore, in the interests of fairness, we must keep sporting categories separated on the basis of sex, and not gender identity.

www.womensrights.network

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@SportSEENuk

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When asked to protect women and girls cricket the ECB came up with a Disparity Policy which puts the onus squarely on the shoulder of unqualified volunteers to exclude players

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@SportSEENuk

3 months

Currently the ECB's stance is: Grassroots: Males allowed in female categories. Elite level: Males allowed on a case-by-case basis. They admit that this is based on a social rather than medical model

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@SportSEENuk

4 months

@Riley_Gaines_ @Outkick @WVGOP @MorriseyWV What strength and courage they showed. Inspirational, but why oh why should they have to do this?

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@SportSEENuk

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@Real_King_Elvis @RachaelWongAus @salltweets If thought is the deciding position on definition then sport does not require categories for age, disability or ability. If I feel like a 12 year old, I should be able to play in junior leagues. If I feel good enough to play for a regional side, I should be able to.

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@SportSEENuk

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@cathydevine56 @irishathletics @ultimatepool_ @BritAthletics @britishfencing @GBHockey @ECB_cricket @NetballUK @cricketireland @UKUltimate @Sport_England @britishhandball @GBTaekwondo @PentathlonGB @TableTennisENG @VballEngland @Swim_England @GBWeightLifting @BritishJudo @BritGymnastics

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

4 months

@mamaninja @salltweets Ultimate frisbee has mixed, women's and open. However, in some universities the women's is called wxmens and is for "women and other genders" @UKUltimate

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

5 months

Biology = fact

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

5 months

@SeeninHR Thank you!

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@SportSEENuk

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@WRNCalderBradf will be in touch soon!

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@SportSEENuk

2 months

The Euros are on, so time for football and the @FA As the WRN tweet so rightly points out, there are currently 72 men playing in women's teams

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@SportSEENuk

5 months

@sharrond62 @ECB_cricket @ECB_cricket created female categories years ago presumably with input from those amazing trailblazers who fought for the right to play both at grassroots and elite levels. These same categories are being destroyed without asking for current player input. Why?

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

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@SEENinSchools Welcome - you are much needed

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@SportSEENuk

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@sharrond62 @fairplaywomen @WomensRightsNet @SexMattersOrg @PinchesLynne

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

2 months

However, it isn't fair for all is it? By creating confusion and allowing biological men to play in the female game, women and girls are getting hurt and excluding

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@SportSEENuk

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@ultimatepool_ You have betrayed women pool players. Why would any young girl want to take up a sport that prioritises the feelings of men over the ability of women and girls?

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@SportSEENuk

4 months

@WomensSnooker why have you blocked @PinchesLynne a fantastic female role model for pool and snooker. Not a great look is it?

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@SportSEENuk

4 months

@fairplaywomen Fantastic news from @EDOdarts and a thoughtful, measured statement. @FA and @ECB_cricket over to you!

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@SportSEENuk

2 months

It should be self-evident that women and girls need their own categories - why else did the FA create them in the first place?

English football must stop dithering over transgender players and take action

The national game has fallen behind other major sports in ensuring fairness and safety for women – now the FA must show some gumption

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@SportSEENuk

4 months

@sharrond62 And the sad fact of the matter is that many of these officials are women.

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@SportSEENuk

5 months

@FluffAnecdote will be in touch soon!

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@SportSEENuk

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@Objectivist71 @stephenwhittle @runthinkwrite For all sports National Governing Bodies that allow self-ID - still think it's a good idea? @ECB_cricket

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@SportSEENuk

3 months

@luisbaram @Bubblebathgirl @Riley_Gaines_ @Outkick @icons_women @ciacsports Why is it women and girls who have to sacrifice their sport to force change? It is their NGB's that have let them down. They lack integrity and courage and have betrayed women and girls @FA @ECB_cricket

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

4 months

@WomensRightsNet @FA Why did @thefa and @ECB_cricket instigate female only categories if not to give women and girls opportunities and encourage them to take part? Why have separate categories, funding, strategies and development officers?

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@SportSEENuk

2 months

The dithering is astounding. Far from promoting and supporting the female game, the @FA seems to want to allow inclusivity to take priority

Girls football league risks being shut down by FA after refusing to let boy play - 'This is...

The West Riding Girls Football League has refused to allow a boy to play in its matches.

www.gbnews.com

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@SportSEENuk

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@toniajr Hi Toni, WRN has listed all the contact details for each sport here:

Sporting Body Policies | Women's Rights Network | UK

We play sport with our bodies, and therefore, in the interests of fairness, we must keep sporting categories separated on the basis of sex, and not gender identity.

www.womensrights.network

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@SportSEENuk

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@RishiSunak @RishiSunak have you asked @ECB_cricket about it's self ID policy and allowing men and boys to play in the women and girl's game? Or how female players feel about this?

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@SportSEENuk

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@WomensRightsNet @ECB_cricket Not a great look @ECB_cricket There are open/mixed categories at recreational level and yet you still have a self ID policy that allows men and boys into the women and girl's game

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

2 months

The FA's stance is: "This issue is complex and constantly evolving... we are currently reviewing our transgender policy for English football to ensure it is inclusive, fair and safe for all."

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@SportSEENuk

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@cathydevine56 @irishathletics @ultimatepool_ @BritAthletics @britishfencing @GBHockey @ECB_cricket @NetballUK @cricketireland @UKUltimate @Sport_England @britishhandball @GBTaekwondo @PentathlonGB @TableTennisENG @VballEngland @Swim_England @GBWeightLifting @BritishJudo @BritGymnastics @archerygb @Britishcanoeing @bballengland @BadmintonEnglnd @EnglandAngling @englandsquash @FA

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

2 months

Representing your university is a fabulous achievement for young players. Not much fun when you miss out because a man has taken your spot

Transgender goalkeeper who used to play men's football receives international call-up

A SIX-FOOT transgender woman who used to play men’s football has been selected to represent England.

www.theargus.co.uk

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@SportSEENuk

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@Real_King_Elvis @RachaelWongAus @salltweets All the reasons used to create categories for age, disability and ability, were also thought about years ago when National Governing Bodies decided to set up female categories in the first place. Why then have they only thrown women and girls under the bus?

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@SportSEENuk

5 months

@WomensRightsNet @ECB_cricket If you have been affected by the @ECB_cricket policy do get in touch!

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

4 months

@FemaleRunner @ThisGirlCanUK @FemaleRunner and @PaulJon91817883 100% correct

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@SportSEENuk

3 months

@sebcoe why don't women and girl's categories at the recreational level deserve to be protected? Where do the elite athletes of the future start their passion for sport?

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@SportSEENuk

4 months

@OxfordHalf why have categories at all if you can self ID into them?

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SEENinSport

@SportSEENuk

2 months

I suppose it might work. I haven't played football for about 30 years. Just off to catch a flight to Germany to help England win the Euros. I'm sure Gareth Southgate will be delighted to have me. All in the name of inclusivity...

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