‘Forces of hate’: Transgender athletes condemn ‘purely political’ World Athletics ban
2 years ago

‘Forces of hate’: Transgender athletes condemn ‘purely political’ World Athletics ban

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Transgender athletes have condemned World Athletics’ exclusion of transgender women from elite female competitions, while the decision was welcomed by some sportswomen as a win for fairness. “This has effects not just at the international levels but consequently over communities across the globe including communities in the United States.” open image in gallery Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won an NCAA title last year The decision follows a similar move by World Aquatics, the global governing body for swimming, to exclude transgender athletes from women’s categories last year. “So this is purely a political move by Seb Coe and World Athletics to deal with the right-wing issues, political relationships and obviously potential sponsors that are funding World Athletics today.” ‘FORCES OF HATE’ Ricki Coughlan, one of Australia’s first transgender athletes in professional running, said WA’s ruling would embolden the “forces of hate” against transgender people. will take this as a win and will then say ‘okay, let’s move onto the next thing’.” open image in gallery Transgender runner Ricki Coughlan has spoken out against World Athletics’ decision WA also tightened eligibility requirements for athletes with Differences in Sex Development in women’s events, halving the upper threshold of testosterone levels.

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Female Dem lawmaker accused of wanting to eradicate women's sports to appease trans mob
23 hours, 21 minutes ago

Female Dem lawmaker accused of wanting to eradicate women's sports to appease trans mob

Daily Mail  

A female Democrat lawmaker has been accused of trying to eradicate women-only sport in an effort to appease transgender people. Pennsylvania State Senator Lindsey Williams sensationally insisted that women should be equal to men on the sporting field, insisting there is no difference in their capabilities A female Democrat lawmaker has been accused of trying to eradicate women-only sport in …

Athletics governing body to require DNA tests for women’s sports
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1 day, 23 hours ago

Athletics governing body to require DNA tests for women’s sports

Al Jazeera  

World Athletics chief say rules will uphold the integrity of women’s sport amid debate over inclusion of trans athletes. Track and field is set to become the first Olympic sport to require participants in women’s events to undergo DNA testing to prove their biological sex following a decision by World Athletics. Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, said on …

Transgender athletes in women’s sport: What IOC president candidates said about the issue
1 week, 3 days ago

Transgender athletes in women’s sport: What IOC president candidates said about the issue

The Hindu  

The increasingly polarising debate over transgender athletes in women’s sport has become a key issue for candidates vying to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee. It is on the basis of this biological fact that I firmly believe we must ring-fence women’s sport, ensuring that only those who were born female can compete in women’s sport. I …

Newsom’s remarks about trans athletes has some Democrats ‘sickened and frustrated’
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Newsom’s remarks about trans athletes has some Democrats ‘sickened and frustrated’

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom at East L.A. College last month. During their conversation, Newsom called transgender women’s participation in women’s sports “deeply unfair” and said Democrats were getting “crushed” on the issue. And I saw that the last couple of years, boy did I how you guys were able to weaponize that.” Newsom couched his critique by adding: “I don’t want to …

California governor calls trans athletes in women's sports 'unfair', faces LGBTQ+ backlash
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

California governor calls trans athletes in women's sports 'unfair', faces LGBTQ+ backlash

India Today  

Gavin Newsom, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, used the inaugural episode of his new podcast to break from progressives by speaking out against allowing transgender women and girls to compete in female sports. It is an issue of fairness it’s deeply unfair,” Newsom told Kirk on “This is Gavin Newsom.” “I am not wrestling with the fairness issue,” continued …

California’s Gavin Newsom opposes trans athletes in women’s sports, splitting with progressives
3 weeks ago

California’s Gavin Newsom opposes trans athletes in women’s sports, splitting with progressives

Associated Press  

Gavin Newsom, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, used the inaugural episode of his new podcast to break from progressives by speaking out against allowing transgender women and girls to compete in female sports. Even most Democrats — around 7 in 10 — oppose allowing transgender female athletes to participate in women’s sports, according to a January New York Times/Ipsos …

Transgenders in sport: What did International Paralympics Committee chief say about including trans athletes?
3 weeks ago

Transgenders in sport: What did International Paralympics Committee chief say about including trans athletes?

The Hindu  

Each sport must set its own rules on the participation of transgender athletes instead of one global rule and it must be based on scientific data, International Paralympics Committee President Andrew Parsons said on Thursday. Speaking on one year ahead of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, Parsons, who is also an International Olympic Committee member, said any decision should …

Newsom criticizes trans athletes competing in women’s sports as ‘unfairness’
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3 weeks ago

Newsom criticizes trans athletes competing in women’s sports as ‘unfairness’

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom — an outspoken champion of LGBTQ+ rights since he was mayor of San Francisco — publicly criticized the “unfairness” of transgender athletes participating in women’s sports in his new podcast Thursday. Newsom also distanced himself from some aspects of “wokeness,” telling Kirk that no one in the governor’s office ever used the inclusive term “Latinx,” or started any …

Newsom says trans athletes playing in women’s sports is ‘deeply unfair’ in split with Democrats
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3 weeks ago

Newsom says trans athletes playing in women’s sports is ‘deeply unfair’ in split with Democrats

CNN  

CNN — Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said transgender athletes playing in women’s sports is “an issue of fairness” in a break from most Democrats’ position on the topic. So both things I can hold in my hand.” Newsom’s comments come after President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports, delivering …

Why is '79% of Americans' trending on X? Senate Democrats block ban on transgender athletes
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Why is '79% of Americans' trending on X? Senate Democrats block ban on transgender athletes

Hindustan Times  

The phrased “79% of Americans” has been doing rounds on X, formerly Twitter, as some users blasted US President Donald Trump's policies, while other attacked Democrats for thwarting a Republican measure that would have prohibited transgender athletes from participating in women's sports. According to a New York Times/Ipsos survey, only 18% of participants feel that transgender athletes should be permitted …

CeCé Telfer: Transgender athlete says abusive rhetoric has become ‘more in my face’ since Trump’s inauguration
1 month, 1 week ago

CeCé Telfer: Transgender athlete says abusive rhetoric has become ‘more in my face’ since Trump’s inauguration

CNN  

CNN — As a transgender athlete, CeCé Telfer is used to fighting for acceptance, both on the sports field and in her day-to-day life. “I’m Black, I’m a woman, I’m transgender, and I’m an athlete,” Telfer tells CNN Sport. Now, I wake up every day and I have to make sure that I make it home alive.” Trump’s executive order, …

The Real Danger of Trump’s “Ban” on Trans Women in Sports
55 years, 2 months ago

The Real Danger of Trump’s “Ban” on Trans Women in Sports

Slate  

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last Wednesday that he promised, in front of laughing, cheering girls and women, would remove the “woke lunacy” from women’s sports. The order called trans people’s participation in girls’ and women’s sports “demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls” and asserted that such participation “denies women and girls the equal opportunity to …

Opinion: Can we finally stop talking about trans sports?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Can we finally stop talking about trans sports?

LA Times  

President Trump and women and girls at the signing of his order barring transgender females from competing in women’s or girls’ school sports. Republicans repeatedly brought up trans women athletes during Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings, and during the Paris Olympics — despite the fact that no trans women competed there. Or why, the following year, when …

Track’s proposed eligibility, transgender rules would completely ban Semenya and others
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Track’s proposed eligibility, transgender rules would completely ban Semenya and others

Associated Press  

Track and field moved toward adopting rules that would place athletes assigned female at birth but have higher testosterone levels, like Caster Semenya, under the same set of rules as transgender athletes who were born male and transitioned to female. World Athletics, which in 2023 banned transgender athletes who had transitioned male to female and gone through male puberty, announced …

JK Rowling says left wingers who have 'campaigned to destroy women's and girls' rights' are to blame for Trump's transgender sports ban
1 month, 2 weeks ago

JK Rowling says left wingers who have 'campaigned to destroy women's and girls' rights' are to blame for Trump's transgender sports ban

Daily Mail  

JK Rowling has said that left wingers who 'campaigned to destroy women's and girls' rights' are to blame for Trump's transgender sports ban. The Harry Potter author took to X to express her views that the President plans to ensure that no transgender athletes participated in women's sports at the 2028 summer Olympics in Los Angeles. JK Rowling has said …

What’s behind Trump’s ban on transgender women in US women’s sports?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What’s behind Trump’s ban on transgender women in US women’s sports?

Al Jazeera  

The directive could strip federal funding from schools that allow trans women and girls to compete in women’s events. United States President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that bans transgender girls and women from participating in women’s sports in schools and other educational settings. The directive, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”, is the latest addition to …

Trans women barred from female sports as governing body NCAA follows Trump
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trans women barred from female sports as governing body NCAA follows Trump

Al Jazeera  

US governing body for college sport updates policy to align with Donald Trump’s executive order on women’s sport. Transgender girls and women will no longer compete in female events at most college sporting events in the United States after a governing body’s decision to bar athletes who were born male. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, the main governing body for …

Trump’s view on transgender athletes resonates among some candidates running for IOC president
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s view on transgender athletes resonates among some candidates running for IOC president

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Whether to allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports already was a key debate among Olympic leaders before U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that puts pressure on them before the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. In a speech before signing the document on Wednesday, Trump said he wants the International Olympic Committee to …

NCAA changes policy to ban transgender women from playing women’s sports
1 month, 3 weeks ago

NCAA changes policy to ban transgender women from playing women’s sports

LA Times  

San José State players take the court for warm-ups before an NCAA women’s college volleyball match against the Air Force Academy last year. The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women’s sports to athletes who were assigned female at birth. has about 1,100 member schools with more than 500,000 athletes, easily the largest …

Trump bans transgender athletes from female sports: War on women's sports over
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump bans transgender athletes from female sports: War on women's sports over

India Today  

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women’s sports. The order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” gives federal agencies wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by Title IX in alignment with the Trump administration’s view, which interprets “sex” as the gender …

British Olympic star begs Keir Starmer to follow Donald Trump and ban trans athletes from women's sport
1 month, 3 weeks ago

British Olympic star begs Keir Starmer to follow Donald Trump and ban trans athletes from women's sport

Daily Mail  

Sharron Davies has commended Donald Trump after he signed an executive order to ban trans athletes from participating in women's sporting events, while pleading with Keir Starmer to do the same in the UK. In her foreword to a report by Policy Exchange on the toll trans ideology is taking on women's sport, Davies last year urged policymakers in the …

Trump signs executive order barring transgender athletes in women's sports
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump signs executive order barring transgender athletes in women's sports

Salon  

President Donald Trump continued his executive attacks on transgender people on Wednesday, signing an order that barred trans athletes from competing in women's sports. “With this executive order, the war on women’s sports is over.” The executive action, dubbed "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," ordered the Department of Education and Department of Justice to take action against any school …

Trump signs order that seeks to ban transgender athletes from women's sports
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump signs order that seeks to ban transgender athletes from women's sports

NPR  

Trump signs order that seeks to ban transgender athletes from women's sports toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that seeks to ban transgender athletes from participating in women's sports. "With this executive order, the war on women's sports is over," he said in a signing ceremony in the White House East Room on …

Donald Trump signs executive order to block transgender athletes from women’s sports
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump signs executive order to block transgender athletes from women’s sports

New York Times  

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to stop transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports unless they were assigned female at birth, promising to deny federal funding to high schools and colleges that do not comply. “With this executive order, the war on women’s sports is over,” Trump said from the East Room of the White …

Former Olympian and lifelong Democrat Inga Thompson reveals why she voted for Donald Trump
2 months ago

Former Olympian and lifelong Democrat Inga Thompson reveals why she voted for Donald Trump

Daily Mail  

Inga Thompson, a former American Olympic cyclist, has revealed she voted for Donald Trump despite being a lifelong Democrat because of the new president's stance on protecting women's sports. While he did not explicitly refer to women's sports during his address inside the Capitol Rotunda, Trump's new gender policy comes after the new Commander-in-Chief previously pledged to end 'transgender lunacy.' …

England Hockey bans transgender women from female category
2 months, 2 weeks ago

England Hockey bans transgender women from female category

The Hindu  

England Hockey announced on Wednesday a new policy that will prohibit transgender women from competing in the female category from the start of next season. “Based on this evidence, we have determined that the Trans and Non-Binary Participation Policy should restrict trans participation in order to secure fair competition,” England Hockey stated. The new policy, effective from September 1, aims …

Letters to the Editor: Democrats, the time isn’t ripe yet for transgender athlete equality
3 months ago

Letters to the Editor: Democrats, the time isn’t ripe yet for transgender athlete equality

LA Times  

A supporter of transgender athletes waves the progress pride flag alongside “Save Girls Sports” advocates at the Riverside Unified School District board meeting on Dec. 19. Had Democrats advocated for three separate sports competition categories — for men, women and transgender people — they likely would have regained control of Congress and retained the presidency in the 2024 election. Perhaps …

The darker side of the rise of women’s sports: With more visibility comes more online harassment
3 months, 1 week ago

The darker side of the rise of women’s sports: With more visibility comes more online harassment

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s a cycle female athletes and fans of women’s sports have come …

Transgender women barred from competing in female category of many UK domestic tennis tournaments
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Transgender women barred from competing in female category of many UK domestic tennis tournaments

Hindustan Times  

LONDON — Transgender women non binary individuals assigned as male at birth will be barred from competing in the female category of many domestic tennis tournaments in Britain from next month, the Lawn Tennis Association announced Wednesday. HT Image The governing body of British tennis issued a new transgender and non binary policy and said it had to find a …

US Biathlon officials ignored sexual harassment and abuse of female racers for decades, say athletes
3 months, 2 weeks ago

US Biathlon officials ignored sexual harassment and abuse of female racers for decades, say athletes

The Hindu  

Turning a blind eye in pursuit of elusive Olympic medals, athletes say two coaches prey on teenage Maine biathlete, she says, ‘What comes next?’ Sexual abuse and harassment by coaches and others who held positions of power over women on the U.S. Biathlon team have been dismissed, ignored or excused over decades by officials more concerned with winning medals than …

Transgender powerlifter asks Minnesota Supreme Court to let her compete in women’s events
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Transgender powerlifter asks Minnesota Supreme Court to let her compete in women’s events

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A transgender athlete should be allowed to compete in the women’s division at powerlifting events because she’s protected against discrimination by the Minnesota Human Rights Act, her attorneys urged the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. But the Minnesota Court of Appeals sent the case back to the trial court in March, saying there were “genuine issues …

Gary Lineker accused of ‘shameful contempt for women’ after support for anti-Israel article
4 months ago

Gary Lineker accused of ‘shameful contempt for women’ after support for anti-Israel article

The Telegraph  

Gary Lineker has been accused of “shameful contempt for women” after expressing support for an article attacking Israel in the Guardian newspaper. Lineker posted “This” on X alongside an article by sports writer Jonathan Liew headlined ‘Sport may be a blunt tool of social change, but it’s time to take a stand against Israel’. In response to the Guardian link …

Two House Democrats change their tune on transgender athletes days after Trump win
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Two House Democrats change their tune on transgender athletes days after Trump win

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I have two little girls, I don’t want …

Laura Woods hits out at Labour Peer’s ignorance of transgender sport issues
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Laura Woods hits out at Labour Peer’s ignorance of transgender sport issues

The Telegraph  

Laura Woods has lambasted a Labour peer for being unaware of a recent United Nations study that suggested nearly 900 potential women’s sport medals have been won by biological males. Baroness Twycross, responsible for Department for Media, Culture and Sport business in the Lords, admitted during a debate on women’s sport that she was “not aware” of a study called: …

The HUGE number of medals female athletes have lost to trans opponents allowed to compete against them is revealed in UN report highlighting women's 'loss of fair opportunity'
5 months ago

The HUGE number of medals female athletes have lost to trans opponents allowed to compete against them is revealed in UN report highlighting women's 'loss of fair opportunity'

Daily Mail  

A report from the United Nations has revealed the huge number of medals female athletes have lost to trans opponents. The study - titled 'Violence against women and girls in sports' - stated that 'policies implemented by international federations and national governing bodies' had allowed athletes born male to compete in women's sporting categories. Transgender athletes who have won gold …

FA not making football ‘fair or safe’ for women by inaction over transgender policy
5 months ago

FA not making football ‘fair or safe’ for women by inaction over transgender policy

The Telegraph  

Lord Triesman, the former chairman of the Football Association, has said he is “deeply concerned” that the governing body he used to lead is “not providing women and girls with fair, safe sport” because of its policy of allowing biological males to compete in the female category. In a sharply critical letter to Debbie Hewitt and Mark Bullingham, the FA’s …

Trans golfer opens up on decision to stop competing against biological females
5 months ago

Trans golfer opens up on decision to stop competing against biological females

Daily Mail  

A transgender golfer who chose to stop competing against biological females has opened up on their decision amid outrage from the LGBTQ+ community. The golf player's stance goes against that of the LGBTQ+ community, which has long argued that trans women are still women and therefore deserve to compete against fellow females. Powers, who has launched a GoFundMe page titled …

Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo fails to reach women’s T12 400m final
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo fails to reach women’s T12 400m final

The Independent  

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Former British Olympian criticises decision to allow transgender athlete to compete in women's races at the Paralympics and urges governing bodies to do more to protect females
7 months ago

Former British Olympian criticises decision to allow transgender athlete to compete in women's races at the Paralympics and urges governing bodies to do more to protect females

Daily Mail  

A former British Olympian has criticised the decision to allow transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo to participate in women's races at the Paralympics, warning that biological males competing in female events is 'unfair and unsafe'. Petrillo, a visually impaired athlete, will represent Italy in the women's T12 200m and 400m sprints in Paris, having claimed bronze at the World Para Athletics …

First transgender Paralympian, 50, breaks silence on criticism of her competing at Paris 2024 - as she claims she will be a 'role model' at the Games despite debate over participation
7 months, 1 week ago

First transgender Paralympian, 50, breaks silence on criticism of her competing at Paris 2024 - as she claims she will be a 'role model' at the Games despite debate over participation

Daily Mail  

The first transgender Paralympian has issued a defiant statement about inclusion and being a 'role model' ahead of competing at Paris 2024. Visually impaired athlete Valentina Petrillo will represent Italy in the women's T12 200m and 400m sprints, having claimed bronze at the World Para Athletics Championships in 2023. Valentina Petrillo, the first transgender Paralympian, is confident of being an …

Rival of first transgender Paralympian fears her opponent 'has an advantage' because 'she has lived and trained as a man for a long time'... as controversy continues over 'masculine' sprinter's partic
7 months, 1 week ago

Rival of first transgender Paralympian fears her opponent 'has an advantage' because 'she has lived and trained as a man for a long time'... as controversy continues over 'masculine' sprinter's partic

Daily Mail  

A sprinter who is set to face the first transgender athlete in Paralympic history at Paris 2024 has spoken out over her fear of being put at a disadvantage. The 200m rival of Valentina Petrillo, who is set to become the first transgender Paralympian in history, fears she is at a disadvantage because of her opponent's sex at birth Visually …

Visually impaired Italian sprinter, 50, set to become first-ever transgender Paralympian after being picked to run in women's races in Paris, five years after she started gender transition
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Visually impaired Italian sprinter, 50, set to become first-ever transgender Paralympian after being picked to run in women's races in Paris, five years after she started gender transition

Daily Mail  

Visually impaired Italian sprinter, Valentina Petrillo, 50, is set to become the first-ever transgender athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games and believes her participation is an 'important symbol of inclusion'. Visually impaired Italian sprinter, Valentina Petrillo, 50, is set to become the first-ever transgender athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games Petrillo, who transitioned in 2019, is due to …

Manu Joseph: Why there’s a clash over classifying an athlete as female
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Manu Joseph: Why there’s a clash over classifying an athlete as female

Live Mint  

Who is a female athlete? So there has for long been a debate around whether women who have XY chromosomes should be allowed to compete against ‘normal’ women. In any case, the IOC has tried hard to be fair to XX women, those who are widely considered ‘normal women.’ For instance, it requires XY women to have low testosterone levels …

Are there any transgender athletes competing at the 2024 Olympics?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Are there any transgender athletes competing at the 2024 Olympics?

The Independent  

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Nikki Hiltz, transgender, nonbinary runner, qualifies for Olympics: ‘This is bigger than just me’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Nikki Hiltz, transgender, nonbinary runner, qualifies for Olympics: ‘This is bigger than just me’

New York Times  

The biggest race of Nikki Hiltz’s career is coming soon, but the middle-distance runner who identifies as transgender and nonbinary said that racing to a spot on the U.S. Olympic team held a special significance because it came at the end of Pride Month. Hiltz, 29, whose sex was assigned as female at birth, earned a ticket to the Paris …

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas loses case to overturn World Aquatics ban
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas loses case to overturn World Aquatics ban

The Independent  

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Trans athletes dehumanised by term ‘biological male’, says Olympics
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Trans athletes dehumanised by term ‘biological male’, says Olympics

The Telegraph  

The International Olympic Committee has been accused by Martina Navratilova of waging a “1984 version of war on women” after asking journalists attending this summer’s Paris Games not to use terms such as “born male” or “biologically male” to describe transgender athletes. In a 33-page “Portrayal Guidelines” document, the IOC have told the 20,000-strong media contingent that “a person’s sex …

The NCAA's dilemma on trans athletes shouldn't be that hard of a call
10 months, 1 week ago

The NCAA's dilemma on trans athletes shouldn't be that hard of a call

LA Times  

The National Collegiate Athletic Assn. The best it’s come up with so far is to say late last month that its rules are “ under review,” after a smaller student-athlete association effectively banned trans women from competing in women’s sports. It’s the latest development in a conversation that has been blown way out of proportion by opportunistic conservative politicians, many …

Surfing competition is bullied into allowing transgender woman to take part after facing furious backlash over ban
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Surfing competition is bullied into allowing transgender woman to take part after facing furious backlash over ban

Daily Mail  

A surfing competition has been forced to allow a transgender woman to compete after initially banning her from the tournament. Sasha Jane Lowerson, 44, was banned from the Huntington Beach Longboard Pro until the California Coastal Commission forced organizers to change policy Messick's stance divided opinion in the surfing community and he received strong support online from activists opposing trans …

'I'm not playing a man in a women's event': British female darts star FORFEITS a tournament as she refuses to face a transgender player - and calls for a ban after she won two women's titles
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'I'm not playing a man in a women's event': British female darts star FORFEITS a tournament as she refuses to face a transgender player - and calls for a ban after she won two women's titles

Daily Mail  

A British female darts star has forfeit her chance to the win the Denmark Open after refusing to face a transgender player, calling for the sport to ban those athletes born as biological men. Deta Hedman has pulled out of the Denmark Open after refusing to face a transgender rival She had been due to face Noa-Lynn van Leuven but …

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