Women-only sport goes to High Court
Man appeals against exclusion from women’s pool tournament
Women-only sport goes to High Court
Man appeals against exclusion from women’s pool tournament
This week Fiona and Helen discuss the case of Harriet Haynes, a trans-identifying male pool player who took the England Blackball Pool Federation to court last year because it restricted entry to women’s events to women. After losing in the county court, he has been granted permission to appeal. If the original verdict is upheld, that will set a strong precedent protecting all women’s sporting competitions against legal challenge from aggrieved trans-identifying men.
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