Transgender women will be forbidden to play for women’s football teams in England as of June 1, the Football Association, the governing body of the sport in the country said.
In a statement, the Football Association, known as FA, said it had changed its policy as a result of a ruling from the Supreme Court that Great Britain’s equality laws were based on “biological sex” and that women made them legal.
The FA is the last agency to update its policies as a result of the sentence, that all public and private organizations in Great Britain must now incorporate into internal practice in services and spaces of a single sex.
The association said that the Supreme Court ruling required that it changed, which means that “transgender women can no longer play in women’s football in England.” The ban covers base football and the regional leagues that are governed by the FA, as well as by the professional game.
“We understand that this will be difficult for people who simply because playing the game love in the genre by which they identify, and we are contacting the registered transgender women who currently play to explain the changes and how they can continue in the game.
Other sports bodies are in the process of development policies that result from the failure of the Supreme Court. The Scottish Soccer Association has also announced that since the beginning of the 2025-26 season, “only biological women will be allowed to play in competitive football of girls and female” under their reach.
