England hockey transgender and non-binary participation policy

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The sex recorded at birth based on physical characteristics. A sport in which the physical strength, stamina or physique of average persons of one sex would put them at a disadvantage


compared to average persons of the other sex as competitors in the activity. A person’s sense of self as a man, woman, non-binary person or other sense of gender (including no gender). A


person’s gender may match the sex they were recorded at birth, or it may be different. A person proposing to undergo, undergoing or having undergone a process (or part of a process) for the


purpose of reassigning the person’s sex by changing physiological or other attributes of sex. A person whose Gender Identity does not fit within a male/female binary. Means a standard EH


hockey season, commencing in the 1 September of one calendar year and concluding on the 31 August of the following calendar year. A biological or legal category where people are recorded as


being either male or female, typically based on biological or physiological attributes. A person whose gender is not the same as the sex that was recorded at birth A person who is recorded


female at birth but identifies as male. A person who is recorded male at birth but identifies as female. Deliberate behaviour aimed at disrespecting a transgender person’s Identity or


expressing irrational fears about transgender people.