UK Pool Organization Revises Transgender Athlete Policy After Court Ruling and Championship Dispute
- Ultimate Pool Group has revised its policies, stating that as of April 23, 2025, trans women are barred from competing in women's events due to a ruling by the U.K. Supreme Court that defined 'woman' biologically
- The World Eightball Pool Federation supports this change, asserting that the ruling has clarified that legal sex remains unchanged by a Gender Recognition Certificate
- Baroness Kishwer Falkner confirmed that the Supreme Court's ruling has made it clear that trans women cannot compete in women's sports, and policy updates are required
- Harriet Haynes and Lucy Smith, two
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The hidden violence behind the trans ruling
It is ten months since the then merely aspirant education secretary Bridget Phillipson addressed the important issue of where transgender people should go for a quick slash. Bridget was very much of the opinion that if you had a gender recognition certificate, then you should make for the cubicle which matched with whatever it said
Trans women banned from competing in pool’s female category
Ultimate Pool Group (UPG), the professional body for 8-ball pool, has become the first sports body to amend its rules – banning trans women from its female category – in the wake of the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. While its open category “will […]
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