Pro jiu-jitsu league bans trans athletes from competing against women after complaints from female fighters

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Following complaints from biological female competitors having to face trans women in matches, a prominent American Brazilian jiu-jitsu league banned "male-to-female" gender transitioners from competing against women in all its matches going forward.

In a social media post this week, North American Grappling Association (NAGA) President Kip Kollar announced that his league for the popular martial art will now exclude "male-to-female transgender athletes" from competing in the female divisions to maintain "fairness for female athletes."

Kollar declared that protecting fairness for female competitors is the league’s "paramount priority."

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A major American jiu-jitsu league recently banned trans women fighters from competing against biological female competitors. (V7 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu)

In the post that was shared to Instagram on Monday, Kollar announced, "Due to the legacy effects of being born male through puberty, in parallel with the policy of FINA (the world governing body for swimming), World Rugby, and numerous other global sports organizations, male-to-female transgender athletes who have gone through male puberty are excluded from competing in the female division at NAGA events."

He added, "This is position is of course even more important given the heightened potential for injury in grappling."

The decision comes after multiple female competitors complained about having to face biological male athletes in several of NAGA’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu female competitions.

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