Transgender players who have been through male puberty will not be permitted to play international women’s cricket under new ICC gender eligibility regulations

The International Cricket Council has become the latest sports body to ban transgender players from the elite women’s game if they have gone through male puberty.

The ICC said it had taken the decision, following an extensive scientific review and nine-month consultation, to “protect the integrity of the international women’s game and the safety of players”.

It joins rugby union, swimming, cycling, athletics and rugby league, who have all gone down a similar path in recent years after citing concerns over fairness or safety.

  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    7 months ago

    chromosomes are not a social construct

    True, they exist in the physical world! But what chromosomes mean to us is indeed a social construct. Who cares what some little dingle in your nucleus says? People who follow socially constructed divisions in society based on this arbitrary physical thing, that’s who. 💝

    but women are getting destroyed in sports by transwomen

    Can you PLEASE share a source for this? No one will source this claim but it keeps getting upvoted

    • Jin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      7 months ago

      Last time my comment got deleted… I don’t know if it were the link or something else.

      Just search for it on YouTube “Five Times Trans Athletes Beat Thousands Of Women In Their Sports”

      • TimewornTraveler@lemm.eeEnglish
        31·
        7 months ago

        … your source is a YouTube video listicle??

        EDIT lol it’s 3 minutes of text on still images and some of the most transphobic shit

        • Jin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          7 months ago

          Easy to consume, but why don’t you just use search for the names mentioned in the video? 😂