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1 Oct, 7 tweets, 4 min read
British Kickboxing Council reveals itself as unprofessional and reckless with this knee jerk response to a serious report by UK sports councils. If this dodgy outfit gets tax payer funding from @sportengland that needs an urgent review.
This kite mark from @thebkc is now utterly discredited after the kickboxing council’s refusal to even consider the sports councils trans guidance /2
Membership of @Sport_England’s Martial Arts Safeguarding Group should be revoked immediately. /3

the-bkc.com/about-us/proje…
Any advice given to the sports minister must be urgently reviewed @CommonsDCMS @NadineDorries /4

“Our work with the Kitemark … leading to a request from the Sports Minister to help write the new Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts”
The Chief Safeguarding Officer for @thebkc needs to explain why it dismisses new trans guidance from Sports Council out of hand /5
Does the board and chair Paul Fowler condone @thebkc rejection of U.K. sports councils transgender guidance?
Did CEO Jane Harvey approve the decision not to review @thebkc policy in light of the safety issues raised in the sports councils report?

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30 Sep
Sport Councils conducted hundreds of interviews. This is the first comprehensive assessment of the views concerning the impact of trans inclusion on others. /1

equalityinsport.org/docs/300921/Pr…
"Women from a BAME background argued that success in sport was perhaps a key opportunity to achieve in a Britain where they were discriminated against because of both their sex and their race, and this was just another example of how society did them a disservice" /2
"Many interviewees were exasperated that women’s sports had made great strides in terms of participation numbers in the last 20 years, often in the face of male indifference, but that now this was all to be put at risk." /3
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To develop their trans participation guidance the sports councils have undertaken the most comprehensive and in-depth consultation to date. This is impressive and should be considered the gold standard approach /1

@sportscotland @Sport_England @uk_sport @SportNINet @sportwales
@sportscotland @Sport_England @uk_sport @SportNINet @sportwales 166 one-to-one interviews were conducted. 98 had a minimum of 20 years involvement in organised sport such as athlete, coach, sports physician, medical specialist, sports scientist, inclusion officer, volunteer, official. Nearly all had an extensive lived experience in sport /2
@sportscotland @Sport_England @uk_sport @SportNINet @sportwales "10% of those approached declined the invitation, variously saying that the topic was “too toxic” or not wanting to “put their head above the parapet”. Some were senior people within British sport or *held advocacy roles for transgender inclusion*" /3

equalityinsport.org/docs/300921/Pr…
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30 Sep
Bravo @Sport_England @sportscotland @SportNINet @sportwales @uk_sport. As part of their review into trans participation they conducted an *Equality Impact Assessment*. #bestpractice #GoldStandard /1
equalityinsport.org/docs/300921/Eq…
They evaluated the impact of their guidelines on ALL NINE protected characteristics. Not just gender reassignment, but all other equality strand too. This is the way to do it right. /2
RACE: "some respondents reported that the inclusion of transgender people in sport could be a barrier to participation for some people from ethnically diverse
communities. Therefore, race is referenced in the guidance as a consideration" /3
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30 Sep
Sports must now make a choice – they either prioritise the views of male-born people in female sport at the expense of women and girls. Or they can protect the future of women’s sport by looking for new ways to increase participation of transwomen. /1
The Sports Councils have put forward an option that is fair and inclusive for everyone in sport: an Open category for all alongside a fair and safe female sex category. If sports really want to be maximally inclusive, that’s what they’ll do. /2
equalityinsport.org/resources/inde…
Remember, trans people can already play sport. They are not excluded from sport. Most sports already have an open category and trans people can and do play there. /3
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"Transgender inclusion in sport could be improved by adding 'open' and 'universal' categories to male and female ones, new guidance says." /1
bbc.co.uk/sport/58732146
"for many sports, the inclusion of transgender people, fairness and safety **cannot co-exist** in a single competitive model". /2
"testosterone suppression is unlikely to guarantee fairness between transgender women and natal females in gender-affected sports" and there are "retained differences in strength, stamina and physique between the average woman compared with the average transgender woman" /3
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30 Sep
Our statement on the new guidelines for transgender participation in sport published by the UK Sports Councils /1
fairplayforwomen.com/new-guidelines…
Today, the five Sports Councils have jointly published guidance on a new approach to transgender inclusion in sport, following a lengthy process in which they consulted widely with all stakeholders including Fair Play For Women /2
The independent review concluded that the inclusion of transgender people into the female sex category cannot guarantee fair and safe competition for women and girls. /3
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