Transgender women are threatening to defy the Football Association's ban on those born male playing in women's football in England. The rule change, set to come into force on June 1, follows last month's Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces.

"Transgender women will no longer be able to play" women's soccer in England, the national Football Association says after a key U.K. ruling.

Women's football, both recently and historically, has made tolerance, community and acceptance a vital part of its identity