EXCLUSIVELUCY FRAZER: We have to move faster to 禁止（する） trans 参加 to give women a 冒険的な chance

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For １０年間s, women have been fighting for equality and fairness. Chaining themselves to railings, （選挙などの）運動をするing on the streets, continually showing their 価値（がある） by getting on with the 職業, notwithstanding the prejudices.

Like Yetta, my grandmother, who was the first 女性（の） barrister in Leicester. She was 推定する／予想するd to come into work after-hours so she did not 乱す the man 監督するing her.

Society has come a long way and there are few places where women have won more 打開s than in sport.?

It is hard to imagine, given its success now, that the FA banned women's football from its grounds from 1921 until 1971.

The first ever Women's Rugby World Cup was held in 1991 and 述べるd by a reporter at the time as 存在 'run on a shoestring, with 非，不，無 of the trappings of the modern men's game ― no big sponsors, no 支援する-up and 限られた／立憲的な accommodation'.

It is hard to imagine, given its success now, that the FA banned women's football from its grounds from 1921 until 1971, 令状s Lucy Frazer

Pictured: Lia Thomas, University of Pennsylvania swimmer in 2022 after tying fifth place in the NCAA Swimming and 飛び込み 選手権s

As any sportswoman will 証言する, there is still much その上の to go in the 戦う／戦い for equality. But this struggle is now 存在 made harder because of the 審議 激怒（する）ing over transgender women competing in women's sport.

While this is 明確に a コンビナート／複合体 and 極度の慎重さを要する 支配する, no one 論争s that men and women are 肉体的に different. It follows, as night follows day, that transgender women, who experienced male puberty, are likely to enjoy a host of physical advantages when compared to 生物学の women.?

They are often taller and stronger. And we know that testosterone 鎮圧 does not mitigate these inbuilt advantages.

Look at swimming. Men are on 普通の／平均（する） 11 per cent quicker than women. In a sport like ボクシング, the differences are even more stark. On 普通の／平均（する） a man's punch is 160 per cent more powerful.

It is these differences that not only give transgender women an 不公平な 競争の激しい advantage but 脅す the safety of 女性（の） 競技者s in the sports 円形競技場.

As a 政府 we recognise that these physical 不平等s 脅す the 正直さ of women's sport and 始める，決める out in our sports 戦略 last year that 'when it comes to 競争の激しい sport, 特に women's sport… fairness and safety have to be the 最初の／主要な considerations.'?

However, many 冒険的な 団体／死体s were slow off the 示す in 演説（する）／住所ing the inherent unfairness in 許すing those born as men to 参加する competitively in their sports.

For years it was too 負担d an 問題／発行する to touch, にもかかわらず the fact that it has the 可能性のある to make women's playing fields far from level.

That's why this week I called together 代表者／国会議員s from 重要な 冒険的な organisations, like the England and むちの跡s Cricket Board and Football 協会, to encourage them to follow the lead of other sports in not 許すing trans 競技者s to compete against women at the エリート level.

A number of sports, 含むing swimming, cycling, 列／漕ぐ／騒動ing and 運動競技のs, have now stepped up to 保護する 生物学の women-only 競争.?

一方／合間 sports 会議s have 始める，決める out 指導／手引 which recognises that 傾向, fairness and safety cannot be balanced when it comes to transgender 参加 in gender-影響する／感情d sports.?

But it is （疑いを）晴らす today that several sports 当局 are not going far or 急速な／放蕩な enough.?

の中で the many lessons of the Cass Review, it has shown us that inaction and a f ailure to 直面する the 問題／発行するs at 火刑／賭ける cannot be an 選択.

The need for （疑いを）晴らす 活動／戦闘 from all sports becomes more 圧力（をかける）ing with each passing week. いっそう少なく than a month ago, more than 100 エリート British sportswomen told the BBC they would be uncomfortable with transgender women competing in 女性（の） 部類s in their sport.?

One 答える／応じるd to the questionnaire by 説 that 'your career is over' if you speak out on the 支配する.

Look at swimming. Men are on 普通の／平均（する） 11 per cent quicker than women. In a sport like ボクシング, the differences are even more stark. On 普通の／平均（する） a man's punch is 160 per cent more powerful (在庫／株 Image)

非，不，無 of this is to 示唆する 傾向 is not important. Of course we want everyone to get 伴う／関わるd in sport for all its 利益s.

When it comes to finding possible 解答s, individual sports like cycling and swimming have both made p ositive 進歩.?

By 器具／実施するing an 'open' 部類 for transgender 競技者s to compete against those with a birth sex of male, the '女性（の）' 部類 remains 単独で for those with a birth sex of 女性（の）. Everyone can take part and nobody experiences an 不公平な advantage.

冒険的な 団体／死体s have a 義務 to women competing in sport to 始める，決める out （疑いを）晴らす 指導／手引 and take an unambiguous position.?

In 競争の激しい sport, biology 事柄s. And where male strength, size and 団体／死体 形態／調整 gives 競技者s an indisputable 辛勝する／優位, this should not be ignored.

By 保護するing the 女性（の） 部類, they can keep women's 競争の激しい sport 安全な and fair and encourage the young girls who dream of one day 存在 エリート sportswomen.

We must get 支援する to giving women a level playing field to compete. We need to give women a 冒険的な chance.