“We will always be a trans inclusive club. Trans women are women. Hate won’t win. Solidarity and love to all our trans teammates, friends and siblings,” reads a statement pinned to Goal Digger’s Instagram profile, the Hackney-based women’s football team which includes trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming players. 

A week on from the FA’s announcement that trans women will no longer be able to play in women’s football in England, today (May 9), the grassroots football club has shown its support for the trans community once again, launching its own version of Conner Ives’ viral Protect The Dolls t-shirt that reads ‘Let The Dolls Play’. Coincidentally, Baller FC (Friends Collective, not football club) – a community that gets together to watch games and hosts football parties – also just unveiled its own Let The Dolls Play t-shirt.

“United in our goal. Great minds think alike,” reads the social media post shared between the two platforms. Both communities have also pledged to donate all the proceeds to the same cause, Good Law Project, which so far has raised over £250,000 to challenge the Supreme Court’s recent judgement on trans rights.

The Goal Diggers t-shirt, designed by Sophie Scott, looks deliberately like Ives’ original version, though its message goes beyond the pitch: “[The t-shirt] aims to advocate for equal rights for trans women not just in football, but in other sports from which women are being excluded, such as darts and pool.” Meanwhile, Baller FC opted for its own graphic style.

Elsewhere in fashion this week, the Met Gala 2025 was the main topic of conversation – particularly Rihanna’s major baby bump reveal, Sabrina Carpenter’s missing trousers and André 3000’s piano moment. Beyond the Met, there’s a lot to catch up on – here's all the fashion news stories you missed this week.

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