A CLRG Membership vote defeated a motion seeking to enforce that Irish dancers compete under their biological sex. Precedent had previously been set for Irish dancers to compete under the gender they identify with in their daily lives.
A firestorm has erupted online after a biological boy won a girls' under-14 Irish dance tournament in Texas recently, with Riley Gaines advocating for one of two competing petitions.
A petition has been launched in the US after claims that a trans Irish dancer “robbed” her competitors of a world-qualifying spot at a recent competition.