Washington played Sunday’s men’s football in 2017 before joining a women’s team., external. He was one of the 28 women who had registered for the Aamator football in England.
“It’s a shock,” he told the BBC Sport.
“This means that for me in a special way, and for many people playing football, that we can no longer do these things that we were able to do last week and for decades we have been able to do.
“I stopped playing in men’s games 10-12 years ago, I didn’t feel like it’s a safe place to move and I’m not really able to participate anymore.
“The effects of hormones have been the way when I play an occasional game with five aspects with men, I don’t feel like I can compete with men who have the same age and physical characteristics.
“The reality is that racist people are not sufficient in society to run our own sports, to manage our own space – not just numbers so that we can live.
“This is a lot of attention on a very small number of people who don’t cause problems, and they only go through their lives.
“This is a de facto ban for gender-based women in football in general, actually, especially those who have been playing in women’s football for decades.
“It’s very active and actually physically dangerous for people who return and play in men’s games – if they’ve never played in men’s games.
“So this is really pushing those people completely out of football.
The BBC Sport has seen a letter sent by the Football Association to racist transmitted players who face an immediate ban.
FA said it hopes to be available in 2026-27 and even suggested players to go to other areas of the game.