ECB promotes gender ideology in name of inclusivity

Revised guidance on inclusive language from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) claims sex is assigned at birth and promotes the use of ‘preferred pronouns’.

According to The Daily Telegraph, the discredited ‘Genderbread Person’ diagram features prominently in the latest version of the ECB guide, and the organisation has called on the cricketing community to be “proactive about sharing your pronouns”.

The genderbread ‘resource’ suggests there are an infinite number of gender identity “options” and that biological sex ‘exists on a continuum’.

Safety compromised

The revelations come as parents and coaches expressed outrage after it emerged ECB rules enabled a middle-aged man to compete in club cricket matches against girls as young as twelve, because he claims to be a woman.

Following the criticism, the ECB said it was reviewing its policy, which currently requires men to be “accepted in the gender in which they present” and allows them to “compete in any female-only competition, league or match”.

One first-class county said that it had been pressing for concrete changes to the policy for three years, only to be referred to literature from the controversial LGBT lobby group Stonewall.

Former Home Secretary Priti Patel, a keen cricket fan, called the ECB’s policy “shameful”, saying: “The safety of women and girls should NEVER be compromised.”

Welsh Govt

Again under the banner of ‘inclusivity’, the Welsh Government has committed to opposing any ban on male athletes playing in women’s sports.

In its ‘LGBTQ+ Action Plan for Wales’, it criticised sporting bodies that have “announced policies which are not fully inclusive of trans people, particularly transgender women”.

The Welsh Government’s position is at odds with that of UK Athletics, which has issued a statement calling for “a change in legislation that will provide clarity for all and ensure the women’s category can be lawfully reserved for female-at-birth competitors”.