The new NZ coalition government was supposed to be stopping funding to sports that allowed TW to compete as/against women. This badly written article states (I think) that they have decided to have another think about it.
This is particularly pertinent to me this week as my 17yo daughter plays high level netball for her school, in the top grade in our city, most other teams are adult. At their last game there was a player of questionable sex. I knew the Netball NZ rules are that men can play if they meet some criteria (I've just looked that up and it's unclear - in one place it says after surgery or with reduced testosterone, and next line says if they declare they are a woman). But this is the first time we've actually experienced it. Of course, we don't know for sure that this 6 foot 4, huge overweight person with broad shoulders and narrow hips and a manly face was a man. But it made for such an unfair game. One of our younger players got an 'accidental' fist to the face, and there were several incidents of players being knocked over. Netball is not a non-contact sport any more.
DD was very vocal to her team and coach after the game that it was a man, most other players didn't say anything. The coach said she thought it was probably a woman. I mentioned to a friend involved in netball who said she's pretty sure they 'used to be a man' (said with a shrug of the shoulders).
But what do you do?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/new-zealand-government-revises-status-on-transgender-athletes-in-community-sport/OO3XC4OGCNF65AWGX2HNUYSARE/