Trans people and football in the UK

In this all-trans episode, Juliet talks to trans writers, activists and footballers Natalie Washington and Arthur Webber about the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on gender identity, and the English and Scottish FA's effective bans on trans and non-binary people playing in their competitions. They discuss the all-channels media campaign against trans people that led to both decisions, the long-term efforts to overturn the Stockholm Consensus of 2004 that allowed for trans participation in sex-segregated sports, the parallels with the English FA banning women's football in 1921, where trans and non-binary people might play now, and how the Court ruling and its consequences might be challenged. In the News, we touched on Donald Trump keeping the FIFA World Club Cup orb, and in our football weekends, Arthur and Natalie discussed their face-off in the annual Transmasc vs. Transfem match held by trans club TRUK United.