Fairness and Safety in Sport Act
| Fairness and Safety in Sport Act | |
|---|---|
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| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| Citation | S.A. 2024, c F-2.5 |
| Assented to | December 5, 2024 |
| Legislative history | |
| Introduced by | Joseph Schow MLA, Minister of Tourism and Sport |
| First reading | October 31, 2024 |
| Second reading | November 26, 2024 |
| Committee of the Whole | November 26, 2024 |
| Third reading | December 3, 2024 |
| Status: Current legislation | |
The Fairness and Safety in Sport Act is an act of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta relating to restricting transgender women from participating in women's sport.
Provisions
[edit]Individuals who were not assigned female at birth are prohibited from participating in any girls' sports teams, which belong to school, collegiate or provincial amateur competitions.[1] It does this by requiring school boards, post-secondary institutions, independent academic institutions to adopt eligibility criteria that allow "women and girls" to participate in "biological female-only divisions".[2] These organisations are also required to support the establishment of co-educational divisions, where transgender athletes would be allowed to participate.[3]
The legislation pre-emptively prevents transgender individuals from taking legal action against the government, institutions or individuals responsibility for implementing policies under the legislation.[2]
The legislation does not apply in First Nations educational institutions, but two-spirit Indigenous children in provincially run schools would be subject to them.[4]
Other developments
[edit]The act was passed alongside the Education Amendment Act, 2024 and the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (No. 2).[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Stevenson, Verity (2025-06-17). "Girls' softball was an inclusive sport in Alberta. For this teen, a new law could end that". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
- ^ a b Pang, Celeste; Dolcecore, Gio; Clark, Marty (2024-12-02). "Alberta's proposed Fairness and Safety in Sport Act is anything but fair". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 2025-04-20. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ Heintz, Lauryn (2024-10-31). "Alberta introduces bills impacting sex ed, pronouns, gender affirming care for trans youth". CityNews Calgary. Archived from the original on 2024-11-05. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ "Alberta introduces bills affecting transgender people, pronouns at school". CP24. 2024-10-31. Archived from the original on 2024-11-06. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ Jeffrey, Andrew (2024-12-04). "Alberta legislation on transgender youth, student pronouns and sex education set to become law". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2025-01-27. Retrieved 2025-07-31.