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The Women's Sports Union legal action - 9 sports including parkrun

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Helleofabore · 23/04/2026 14:46

https://x.com/wsusportsunion/status/2047253410898968755?s=20

BREAKING: The Women’s Sports Union have formally warned 9 sporting bodies and parkrun that they are in breach of law by failing to protect women’s and girls’ sport from transgender ideology.

While many governing bodies changed their policies to protect women’s sport following the landmark ForWomenScot Supreme Court ruling last year, the sports bodies threatened with legal action today still allow males to compete in female categories.

Biological sex is the essential foundation for safeguarding women and girls and preserving fair competition. Any governing body that continues to permit biological males to compete in the female category contravenes the Equality Act 2010 as interpreted by the Supreme Court.

The ball is in their court. Sporting bodies can act now to comply with the law and protect women’s sport, or face legal action.
@FAWales
@IrishFA
@gbpowerfed
@Swim_England
@BritGymnastics
@RYA
@parkrun
@BritishBaseball
@bsuk
@RoundersEngland

Here is an article in the Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2026/04/23/sharron-davies-threatens-parkrun-with-legal-action-trans/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post_parkrun-with-legal-action-trans/

I will post an archive link when I can get access to archive.is.

Women's Sports Union (@wsusportsunion) on X

BREAKING: The Women’s Sports Union have formally warned 9 sporting bodies and @parkrun that they are in breach of law by failing to protect women’s and girls’ sport from transgender ideology 🚨

https://x.com/wsusportsunion/status/2047253410898968755?s=20

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TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 23/04/2026 16:06

SlipperyLizard · 23/04/2026 15:00

I’m so glad to see this, too many sporting bodies have been taken over by gender ideologues who have forgotten why women’s sport exists in the first place (or claim that it is because men don’t want women beating them or other guff like “it isn’t a race”).

Here’s British Baseball’s policy, which seems to suggest a case by case decision, but also relies on teams to ensure that unfair situations don’t arise. It also implies that there were objections to men playing on women’s baseball, but these have been overridden in the cause of being inclusive.

https://britishbaseball.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Trangender-and-Non-Binary-Policy-BBF-28042023.pdf

Thanks for the link

"The BBF acknowledges that during the consultation there were concerns about skill levels which could undermine fairness in the game. Baseball is a game where superior speed, strength and power is a distinct advantage in playing the game and the BBF wants to ensure that fairness is preserved."

Then they went and did the exact opposite of fairness, what's the point of a consultation if you don't bother to listen.

I'm glad it's on the list of the organisations The Women’s Sports Union are tackling, well done them and hopefully they'll succeed with their action.

No males in female sports.

Iamnotalemming · 23/04/2026 15:20

Following with interest.

KnottyAuty · 23/04/2026 15:16

All power to their elbow!
Well done Sharon and Tracy - what fabulous wims!

SlipperyLizard · 23/04/2026 15:00

I’m so glad to see this, too many sporting bodies have been taken over by gender ideologues who have forgotten why women’s sport exists in the first place (or claim that it is because men don’t want women beating them or other guff like “it isn’t a race”).

Here’s British Baseball’s policy, which seems to suggest a case by case decision, but also relies on teams to ensure that unfair situations don’t arise. It also implies that there were objections to men playing on women’s baseball, but these have been overridden in the cause of being inclusive.

https://britishbaseball.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Trangender-and-Non-Binary-Policy-BBF-28042023.pdf

https://britishbaseball.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Trangender-and-Non-Binary-Policy-BBF-28042023.pdf

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Helleofabore · 23/04/2026 14:53

FA Wales
The Irish Football Association
British Powerlifting
Swim England
British Gymnastics
Royal Yachting Association
British Baseball Federation
BaseballSoftball UK
Rounders England

and parkrun.

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