Previously, transgender girls may want to take part withinside the girls`s sport in Scotland relying at the final results of an intensive clinical method which include testosterone exams previous to registration to play.
However SRU made the selection on January 24 to amend its Gender Participation Policy to prohibit transgender girls from taking element in girl touch rugby with the brand new coverage entering vicinity yesterday (February 1).
Transgender guys may also keep to play touch rugby withinside the guys`s class furnished a hazard evaluation has been undertaken with the aid of using the membership wherein the participant is registered, and the final results logged with SRU.
The coverage may be reviewed on as a minimum an annual basis.
In a assertion Musselburgh Rugby Club said: “Musselburgh RFC would love to thank the SRU for consulting with us, and different inclusive golf equipment in Scotland, for the duration of the Gender Participation Policy method.
Musselburgh RFC criticise ban on transgender girls in women’s rugby
“We are but very disheartened to look that closing week they’ve accompanied the identical selection as different Home Country opposite numbers and applied a brand new coverage which isn’t primarily based totally on records which can be at once associated with rugby, or different touch sports, in any respect tiers of participant performance.
“At Musselburgh, we attempt on making sure that our membership values are applied throughout rugby in Scotland and this new coverage at once contradicts our values of inclusion inside our brilliant sport.
“whilst we disagree with the final results of the gender participation assessment, we welcome the yearly assessment of this coverage and could paintings to keep this dedication to account.
“We wish development may be made quickly to inspire development of recent studies and records via running with governing our bodies and international rugby to make certain that rugby can once more be a sport for everyone.”
A assertion from the Scottish Rugby Board said: “We all have a obligation to appearance after the members in our sport, with their wellness and protection on the centre of the entirety we do. Scottish Rugby`s intention is that everybody who’s concerned with our game has a tremendous revel in and is going directly to gain their complete capability each inside the sport and in life.
“We absolutely well known that is a tough and unluckily divisive societal issue, and that has been specially obvious over the previous couple of months. Scottish Rugby has been conscious of this and aimed to address the problem in a touchy manner.
“Inclusion is a bedrock of our game. Scottish Rugby desires to be as inclusive as feasible and is best enforcing such eligibility regulations primarily based totally at the steerage furnished. The selection to amend our eligibility standards become now no longer taken gently as we are looking for to deal with conflicting viewpoints.
“Our Gender Participation Policy recognises the want to stability issues of protection and equity with our underlying choice to be as inclusive as feasible. At this second in time, Scottish Rugby has opted to determine which places protection first, primarily based totally at the modern studies. As such, it’s miles in step with World Rugbys Transgender Policy and the Guidelines produced with the aid of using the United Kingdom Sports Councils Equality Group whose current guidelines we’ve taken into consideration and adhered to while updating this coverage.
“Scottish Rugby stays dedicated to actively helping any person stricken by our revised coverage and attractive with them, each now and withinside the future, as we navigate via this issue.”
