British Rowing to leave its transgender participation policy up to members' vote: report

British Rowing, the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United Kingdom, will reportedly leave the organization’s transgender participation policy up to a members' vote.

The governing body has asked its members to vote on their preferred policy regarding transgender athletes, The Telegraph reported Thursday. One of the options reportedly includes "adopt a new approach to the women’s/female category in particular, that allows only athletes who have been declared female at birth to compete in the ‘female’ category.’"