Guidelines issued

Transgender sport: Eight Australian sports federations, including peak bodies for tennis, rugby union and Australian rules football, issued guidelines for the participation of transgender athletes in competition yesterday.

The initiative spearheaded by ACON, a health NGO advocating LGBT rights, was driven by a need for national guidance on how sports could be inclusive of ‘‘trans and genderdiverse’’ people, organisers said .

‘‘The commitment from these sports provides muchneeded guidance to the many clubs working hard to be the open and inclusive sport they want to be for all athletes, including those athletes who are trans,’’ Teddy Cook, ACON’s manager of Trans and Gender Diverse Equity said. — Reuters