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The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission), The Australian Sports Commission and the Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports (COMPPS) are developing federal Guidelines for national sporting organisations on the inclusion and participation of trans, gender diverse and intersex people in sport. The Guidelines are designed to provide guidance to sport on promoting inclusion in a manner that is consistent with Australia’s Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act. It is understood that the Guidelines will be relevant to both elite and non-elite sport.

‘People may consider that males have a natural advantage over females are a result of their relatively greater height, weight and testosterone levels’, reads a 21 June issues paper (PDF below). ‘Recent studies in the context of elite sport indicate that this assumption may be incorrect [… and] variations in body size and strength occur across the gender spectrum’.
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Direct link to the June issues paper here.

This process has been alluded to by kirsti in other threads.

This thread may be used for civil discussion on the matters addressed regarding policy, including civil discussion of the gender issues involved - this WILL be subject to heavy moderation if required. The previous thread will not be re-opened.

Note: Matters pertaining specifically to Hannah Mouncey and her attempts to get into the AFLW by various means may be discussed here. A broader discussion on Transgender issues can be found on the SRP board here. Kirstis original AMA on relevant matters can be found here.

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Direct link to the June issues paper here.

This process has been alluded to by kirsti in other threads.

This thread may be used for civil discussion on the matters addressed regarding policy, including civil discussion of the gender issues involved - this WILL be subject to heavy moderation if required. The previous thread will not be re-opened.

Note: Matters pertaining specifically to Hannah Mouncey and her attempts to get into the AFLW by various means may be discussed here. A broader discussion on Transgender issues can be found on the SRP board here. Kirstis original AMA on relevant matters can be found here.

Index of previously linked reference material from prior (now locked) threads

Policies
Media
Research and Court Cases
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I am attending the first Roundtable discussions next week with the Human Rights and Australian Sports Commission.

Should be interesting times we have some great people in this conversation in Australia.
 
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The AFL has adopted a transgender policy requiring potential AFLW footballers to have blood testosterone levels maintained below a five nanomoles per litre (nmol/L) threshold for a two-year period.

After an extensive process that included consulation with the transgender community, the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Sports Commission and AFLPA, the policy has been released just weeks before the window for AFLW draft nominations.
In summary, the AFL explained why it settled on the specific testosterone threshold for trans women and non-binary people: "Given the physical nature of Australian rules football, it is considered that maintenance of testosterone at or below 5 nmol/Lfor at least two years is reasonable to ensure that the competitive advantage of higher levels of testosterone have dissipated to an acceptable degree at the time the trans or non-binary person proposes to play in the AFLW competition."

The policy is consistent with IAAF regulations introduced this year relating to nmol/L although the length of time at the level is different.

With the AFLW draft less than two months away, the release of the Gender Diversity Policy has been eagerly anticipated, particularly for a player like Hannah Mouncey – playing with the Darebin Falcons in the VFLW – who has been a driver for the AFL to develop a policy to deal with transgender athletes after being denied the opportunity to be drafted into the top women's league at the end of last year.

The AFL had based their controversial decision to ban Mouncey from the draft on the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act, which states athletes can be discriminated against based on their sex or gender "if strength, stamina or physique is relevant".

In Friday’s media release,the AFL also revealed that if the threshold is met, trans women and non-binary people seeking to nominate for the AFLW draft must also produce results relevant to their performance, including height, weight, bench press, 20m sprint, vertical jump, GPS data and 2km run.

"If an application is approved, an applicant who is then drafted by an AFLW club is required to maintain their total testosterone levels below 5 nmol/L and may be required to undergo periodic testing," the league said.

In releasing the policy, the AFL said one of the guiding principles was ensuring that gender diverse players can participate in Australian rules free from harassment and discrimination.

"I want to thank the community members who have been engaged with us during this process, in particular the gender diverse community who were extremely generous in sharing with us their experience and views," said the AFL’s general manager of inclusion and social policy Tanya Hosch.


"Our game still has a lot to learn about the issues impacting gender diverse people, and I am committed to ensuring that the community’s voice continues to guide us."

AFLW draft nominations can be made between 3 and 14 September with the draft for the new AFLW season to be held in late October.
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The full 12-page policy, application forms and a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ document are available from the AFL.
 
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The full 12-page policy, application forms and a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ document are available from the AFL.
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This policy without science will be challenged in the Australian Human Rights Court there is already a precedent been set in the Divisional Court in Toronto Canada during the historic human rights victory of transitioned Canadian Cyclist Kristen Worley.

The AFL have not even hit the start line with this policy.
 
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A new AFL policy affecting trans-women and non-binary footballers has been slammed by experts for exacerbating the risk of mental illness, re-imposing antiquated views about female inferiority and enforcing ‘blanket’ health rules.

The AFL Gender Diversity Policy will effectively alienate an entire group of people from participating in the AFLW, Liam Elphick, discrimination law researcher and lecturer at the University of Western Australia Law School, said.

“The physical testing and stringent requirements under this policy are likely to either turn trans female and non-binary footballers away from the AFLW, force them into hiding their gender history, or keep them at lower state league levels,” Mr Elphick said.
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They may be disqualified from the women’s draft if they show a “relevant, and significant, disparity” in “strength, stamina or physique” to female-born AFLW players, according to the AFL Gender Diversity Policy.

To help establish this, the AFL has determined the mean, median and range of the data (described above) “pertaining to height, weight, 20m sprint, vertical jump, 2km run, squat and bench press” of female-born players from the preceding two AFLW seasons.

This data will be used as a comparison tool by the AFL to ensure all players are afforded with an “equal opportunity to be competitive and to win”, it said.
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