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Search Search. Menu Sections. A group of dedicated sportsmen have got together to create Northern Ireland's only gay rugby team in a bid to make the game more inclusive. B etter than that, the Belfast-based Azlans club is open to all - young and old, gay and straight, complete beginners and those with a great deal more experience.
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Kevin Bartlett, the man behind the team, explained: "The Azlans are actually an inclusive team. It is about welcoming everyone and making everyone feel welcome.
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Both were supported by their team mates when they came out as trans and so I hope other out trans people in rugby have had and will have similarly positive experiences. Undoubtedly, breaking down gender stereotypes and stamping out homophobia, biphobia and transphobia will help the sport to be increasingly inclusive.
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Shop Donate Fundraise. The organizers also invited scientists, lawyers and other advocates on both sides of the transgender inclusion debate, including representatives from Fair Play for Women , a group that bills itself as advocates for the right of women and girls in the U. Unfair for women.
And will ultimately exclude women from their own game. So why would it be a danger? Trans athlete and researcher Joanna Harper also addressed the forum, representing Loughbourgh University, where she is part of a team studying how elite trans athletes compare to their elite cis competitors. We learned in July — thanks to an article leaked to a British newspaper — that after hearing from Smith and those arguing against exclusion, the World Rugby decision-makers are proposing a ban on trans women rugby players without hearing from a single one. And I think as well, taken out of context, how many trans women actually play rugby?
Because it is very, very little.
Going forward, more conversations and research is a key part of this process. He started his rugby career in the full back position but moved forward to 2nd row. Stephen Aiken, from south Belfast, has been involved with the team since it was first set up towards the end of last year. T he Steelers were founded in , the first gay rugby club anywhere in the world. On 17 November , Thomas was assaulted in Cardiff because of his sexuality.
But the support for Smith and IGR from ruggers worldwide has been very, very big. Clubs around the world have taken public stands against the World Rugby proposal.
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One trans rugby player in San Francisco, Grace McKenzie , organized a petition against the proposed transban that has attracted more than 17K signatures. This month, IGR sent World Rugby a page position paper rejecting its proposed ban on trans women and non-binary rugby players. It cites another problem, according to Smith: the research relied upon by World Rugby and, not coincidentally, provided by Fair Play for Women.