German soccer organization lifts ban on trans athletes

Wolfsburg, Germany, March 27, 2019: Pernille Harder of VfL Wolfsburg in action
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

As governing sports bodies around the world move to ban transgender women from participating in sports as their true selves, the German Football Association — Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (DFB) — has announced rules that would allow transgender, intersex, and non-binary players to decide whether to play on men’s or women’s soccer teams.

The rules, which would take effect during the league’s 2022 to 2023 season, say that players can take medications related to gender-affirming medical care without fear of doping allegations as long as the medications don’t negatively affect the player’s health, The Washington Blade reported.

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Soccer “stands for diversity, a value that the DFB also promotes,” DFB diversity ambassador Thomas Hitzlsperger said. “This new regulation on playing rights will provide an important foundation to allow players with diverse gender identities to play football.”

The DFB’s policy stands in opposition to recent trans athlete bans…

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