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NZ Government Directs Sport Authority to Drop Trans Inclusion Guidelines

The government has told New Zealand’s sport authority to stop promoting transgender inclusion in community sport.
NZ Government Directs Sport Authority to Drop Trans Inclusion Guidelines
New Zealand transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard competes in the women's +87kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2021. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images
Rex Widerstrom
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Sport NZ, the government agency responsible for sport and recreation in New Zealand, has scrapped its guidelines on transgender inclusion in community sport following instructions from the government.

The principles, unveiled in 2022, stated that individuals should be able to participate based on their self-determined gender, and not as the sex they were assigned at birth.

Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.