US women's rugby players organise resistance to USA Rugby trans ban
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Updated · The Guardian · Apr 30
US women's rugby players organise resistance to USA Rugby trans ban
12 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Apr 30
About 300 people joined an emergency call, dozens of teams vowed not to play without trans teammates, and Rugby for All is coordinating responses nationwide.
Players are weighing an independent league, a strike, or shifting en masse into a new open division, though USA Rugby has yet to explain how that category would operate.
The February ban followed Olympic committee compliance pressure and could cost USA Rugby certification if reversed, while some unions still keep trans players and others fear sanctions or losing non-profit status.
As science debunks athletic advantage myths, why are sports bodies upholding bans on transgender women?
Can a mass move to an 'open' league successfully challenge the new ban and redefine women's rugby?