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New Zealand announces inclusive sport guidance for trans athletes

Transgender athletes in New Zealand will be able to participate in community sport without having to prove or justify their gender identity, according to new guidance released by Sport New Zealand (SNZ). “An inclusive transgender policy allows individuals to take part as their self-determined gender and not as the sex they were assigned at birth,” SNZ said in a statement on 6 December. “It does not ask people to prove or otherwise justify their gender, sex or gender identity.” The sporting body also explained that the decision to make the…

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