Nadine Dorries has said she expects sporting bodies to reserve competitive women’s sport “for people born of the female sex” after holding a meeting with a number of governing bodies.
The culture secretary, whose department also covers sport, said on Twitter that “asking women and teenage girls to compete against someone who was biologically born a male is inherently unfair”.
It is the latest intervention in the debate over transgender rights in sport and follows the decision by FINA, the international swimming federation, to ban trans athletes from elite women’s competitions.
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FINA’s decision sparked outrage from the likes of Tom Daley, the British gold-medal wining diver.
But in an article for the Mail on Sunday at the weekend, Ms Dorries urged other sporting bodies to follow FINA’s example.
The newspaper reported that Ms Dorries was to meet Sport England, which promotes the take-up of sport and physical activity…
