Overview

• Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer urges sports governing bodies to ban transgender athletes from elite women’s sports to maintain fairness.
• Frazer emphasizes the importance of clear guidelines and an unambiguous stance to protect the integrity of women's sports.
• The call for action follows the Cass Review, highlighting the need for decisive measures in light of insufficient medical evidence on gender care.
• Frazer's proposal includes creating an 'open' category for transgender athletes, preserving the female category for those assigned female at birth.
• Controversies and legal challenges continue as athletes like Emily Bridges and Lia Thomas seek to compete in women's categories despite bans.