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 Championships in 2023. Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo will compete in women's events at the Paralympics Petrillo was born male with the name Fabrizio and transitioned in 2019 Mara Yamauchi believes governing bodies must do more to protect female athletes Speaking on GB News, she said: 'Males in the female category is unfair and it's unsafe in some sports. Petrillo's involvement has been publicly condemned by a fellow athlete and a lawyer The 50-year-old will become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games The storm comes in the wake of the gender row involving Imane Khelif at the Olympics 'People always criticise, for whatever reason, and that is why in my case they are even more likely to do so.

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Transgender athletes in women’s sport: What IOC president candidates said about the issue
5 days, 7 hours 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 …

IOC presidential candidate Samaranch wants gender rule by early 2026
1 week, 4 days ago

IOC presidential candidate Samaranch wants gender rule by early 2026

The Hindu  

Juan Antonio Samaranch, running for president of the International Olympic Committee, would push for a decision on transgender athletes’ participation in sports before next year’s Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics if elected to the post. Samaranch, one of seven candidates for the most powerful job in world sports, told Reuters in an interview that should he win the March 20 IOC vote, …

Transgenders in sport: What did International Paralympics Committee chief say about including trans athletes?
2 weeks, 2 days 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 says trans athletes playing in women’s sports is ‘deeply unfair’ in split with Democrats
Top News
2 weeks, 2 days 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 …

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 …

Track’s proposed eligibility, transgender rules would completely ban Semenya and others
1 month, 1 week 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 …

Donald Trump claims big victory as US collegiate sports body limits women's sports to those female at birth
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump claims big victory as US collegiate sports body limits women's sports to those female at birth

Firstpost  

NCAA has changed it’s policy for transgender athletes after US president Donald Trump issued an executive order. Image: AP The governing body for US collegiate sports changed its policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, allowing only those assigned female at birth to compete in women’s sports. The move by the National Collegiate Athletic Association move came one day after President …

Trans women barred from female sports as governing body NCAA follows Trump
Top News
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, 2 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 …

Trump Bans Trans Athletes from Women's Sports
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump Bans Trans Athletes from Women's Sports

Deccan Chronicle  

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 someone was …

Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban

Live Mint  

President Donald Trump is ready to take his fight against transgender athletes to the International Olympic Committee. Trump said Wednesday during a signing ceremony for an executive order aimed at banning transgender athletes from women's sports that his administration wants the IOC to “change everything having to do with the Olympics and having to do with this absolutely ridiculous subject" …

Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban

Associated Press  

President Donald Trump is ready to take his fight against transgender athletes to the International Olympic Committee. Trump said Wednesday during a signing ceremony for an executive order aimed at banning transgender athletes from women’s sports that his administration wants the IOC to “change everything having to do with the Olympics and having to do with this absolutely ridiculous subject” …

British Olympic star begs Keir Starmer to follow Donald Trump and ban trans athletes from women's sport
1 month, 2 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 …

World Athletics has ‘responsibility’ to combat gender-based violence – Lord Coe
3 months ago

World Athletics has ‘responsibility’ to combat gender-based violence – Lord Coe

The Independent  

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Sebastian Coe on Olympic gender controversy: ‘Women’s sport is sacrosanct’
4 months, 1 week ago

Sebastian Coe on Olympic gender controversy: ‘Women’s sport is sacrosanct’

The Independent  

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IOC needs clear stance on gender, says presidential hopeful Coe
4 months, 1 week ago

IOC needs clear stance on gender, says presidential hopeful Coe

The Hindu  

Sebastian Coe “soft-launched” his bid to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, saying it was a role he feels he has been building towards his whole life and that the organisation is ready for change. The World Athletics president, one of seven people bidding to replace Thomas Bach in what would be the culmination of …

Valentina Petrillo responds to JK Rowling criticism after Paralympics row
6 months, 1 week ago

Valentina Petrillo responds to JK Rowling criticism after Paralympics row

The Independent  

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Season best for transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo but not enough for final
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Season best for transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo but not enough for final

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Valentina Petrillo: Paralympics transgender athlete into women’s 200m semi-finals in Paris
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Valentina Petrillo: Paralympics transgender athlete into women’s 200m semi-finals in Paris

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Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo takes aim at JK Rowling
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo takes aim at JK Rowling

The Telegraph  

While Quidditch, the imaginary game played in the Harry Potter novels by witches and wizards riding flying broomsticks, did indeed feature participants of both sexes, it hardly seemed a legitimate point of comparison with the highest level of para-sport. Petrillo missed out on the final by nearly a second, despite running a personal best of 25.92sec, beaten into third place …

Trans controversy explodes at Paris Paralympics, JK Rowling calls Valentina Petrillo a cheat, 'What a role model'
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trans controversy explodes at Paris Paralympics, JK Rowling calls Valentina Petrillo a cheat, 'What a role model'

Hindustan Times  

Transgender sprinter Valentina Petrillo broke into tears after failing to make a first Paralympic final amid widespread controversy around her participation. Trans controversy explodes at Paris Paralympics, JK Rowling calls Valentina Petrillo a cheat {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Petrillo found herself in the midst of a massive controversy after Imane Khelif of Algeria faced scrutiny over her sex at the …

Valentina Petrillo: First transgender Paralympic runner ignores ‘jealous’ critics to make history at Paris 2024
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Valentina Petrillo: First transgender Paralympic runner ignores ‘jealous’ critics to make history at Paris 2024

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Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo fails to reach women’s T12 400m final
6 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Transgender Woman In Paralympics Gets Pushback From Previous Competitors
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Transgender Woman In Paralympics Gets Pushback From Previous Competitors

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BOLOGNA, Italy — Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a 7-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 meters at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. “I got to 50 before it came true … we all have the right to a second choice of life, a second chance.” Valentina Petrillo ocelebrates after …

This transgender sprinter will compete for Italy at the Paralympics
6 months, 3 weeks ago

This transgender sprinter will compete for Italy at the Paralympics

Associated Press  

BOLOGNA, Italy — Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a 7-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 meters at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first transgender woman to compete at the Paralympic Games at the end of this month in Paris. Berges called it an “injustice,” telling …

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 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 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 …

Italy’s Valentina Petrillo to be first transgender athlete at Paralympic Games
7 months, 1 week ago

Italy’s Valentina Petrillo to be first transgender athlete at Paralympic Games

The Hindu  

Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first openly transgender athlete to participate in the Paralympic Games after the visually impaired sprinter was selected to represent Italy in the women’s 200 and 400-metre races in Paris. International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons told BBC Sport that while Petrillo is welcome in Paris under World Para Athletics policies, he wants to …

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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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, 2 weeks ago

Are there any transgender athletes competing at the 2024 Olympics?

The Independent  

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Fighter hits out at ‘incredibly dangerous’ boxers who failed gender tests outside Olympics
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Fighter hits out at ‘incredibly dangerous’ boxers who failed gender tests outside Olympics

The Telegraph  

The Italian government and the Italian Olympic Committee expressed concern about the fact Italy’s Angela Carini is set to face Khelif. Without specifically mentioning Khelif, CONI said that it has “taken action with the International Olympic Committee to ensure that the rights of all athletes comply with the Olympic Charter and health regulations”. “It is of great concern to learn …

Nikki Hiltz, transgender, nonbinary runner, qualifies for Olympics: ‘This is bigger than just me’
8 months, 2 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 …

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 …

NAIA bans transgender athletes from women’s sports; NCAA vows to ensure ‘fair competition’
11 months, 1 week ago

NAIA bans transgender athletes from women’s sports; NCAA vows to ensure ‘fair competition’

The Hindu  

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country. Instead, they send a message of exclusion and reinforce dangerous stereotypes that harm all women.” Last month, more than a dozen current and former college athletes filed a federal lawsuit …

IOC wrong to say ‘no presumption of advantage’ for transgender women – study
1 year ago

IOC wrong to say ‘no presumption of advantage’ for transgender women – study

The Independent  

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Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner backs New York county’s ban on transgender female athletes
1 year ago

Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner backs New York county’s ban on transgender female athletes

Associated Press  

MINEOLA, N.Y. — Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner on Monday said she supported a local New York official’s order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county-owned facilities. Speaking alongside Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman at his office in Mineola, Jenner said allowing transgender athletes like herself to compete against other women will “ruin women’s sports” for years …

World Athletics’ policy limiting trans women participation is ‘here to stay,’ says president Sebastian Coe
1 year ago

World Athletics’ policy limiting trans women participation is ‘here to stay,’ says president Sebastian Coe

CNN  

CNN — World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has doubled down on his organization’s policy around transgender athletes competing in track and field, saying that the regulations are “here to stay.” Just under a year ago, World Athletics announced that it would prohibit athletes who have gone through what it called “male puberty” from participating in women’s world rankings competitions. “It …

Everybody loses in Parkrun row – sport’s transgender debate will not go away
1 year, 1 month ago

Everybody loses in Parkrun row – sport’s transgender debate will not go away

The Independent  

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Parkrun rules which allow runners to self-ID their gender could force women out of elite athletics, ex-marathon star Mara Yamauchi warns
1 year, 2 months ago

Parkrun rules which allow runners to self-ID their gender could force women out of elite athletics, ex-marathon star Mara Yamauchi warns

Daily Mail  

Parkrun's policy of allowing runners to self-identify their gender could force women out of elite athletics, a former British marathon star has warned. Mara Yamauchi, a two-time British Olympian runner, said the weekly 5km race was sending 'an appalling message' to women and girls by allowing transgender contestants to compete as females. Mara Yamauchi, a two-time British Olympian runner, said …

Cycling governing body BAN female transgender athletes who transitioned before puberty
1 year, 8 months ago

Cycling governing body BAN female transgender athletes who transitioned before puberty

Daily Mail  

Cycling has become the latest sport to ban transgender women from competing in the female category at international events. The UCI, cycling’s world governing body, announced the rule change on Friday ‘to protect the female class and ensure equal opportunities’, bringing the sport into line with athletics and swimming and following British Cycling’s own policy change in May. Under the …

World cycling’s governing body bans female transgender athletes from women’s events
1 year, 8 months ago

World cycling’s governing body bans female transgender athletes from women’s events

Associated Press  

AIGLE, Switzerland — Female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will no longer be able to compete in women’s races, world cycling governing body the UCI said Friday. “From now on, female transgender athletes who have transitioned after puberty will be prohibited from participating in women’s events on the UCI international calendar — in all categories — in the …

Transgender cyclists barred from women’s competition, says UCI
1 year, 8 months ago

Transgender cyclists barred from women’s competition, says UCI

The Hindu  

Female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will be prohibited from women’s events in all categories of cycling, the sport’s governing body said on Friday. The International Cycling Union ‘s president David Lappartient said the federation “has a duty to guarantee, above all, equal opportunities for all competitors in cycling competitions”. “The UCI would like to reaffirm that cycling …

New British Cycling rules bar transgender women from competing in elite female events
1 year, 9 months ago

New British Cycling rules bar transgender women from competing in elite female events

Associated Press  

MANCHESTER, England — Riders who were born male will be prevented from racing in British Cycling’s elite female events under a new transgender and non-binary participation policy published by the governing body on Friday. New rules for competitive events, due to be implemented this year, will see racing split into “open” and “female” categories, with transgender women, transgender men, non-binary …

CIF denounces ‘harassing behaviors’ that led to transgender athletes withdrawing from track finals
1 year, 9 months ago

CIF denounces ‘harassing behaviors’ that led to transgender athletes withdrawing from track finals

LA Times  

Runners compete in the girls’ 100 meters at Moorpark High on May 13. “The CIF strongly denounces discriminatory or harassing behaviors that impact our student-athletes’ opportunities to participate in interscholastic competitions.” Last weekend, Lorelei Barrett of Sherman Oaks Buckley finished third and Athena Ryan of Santa Rosa Sonoma Academy second in the girls’ 1,600-meter races at their respective sectional meets. …

Cycling considers transgender U-turn after Austin Killips victory
1 year, 10 months ago

Cycling considers transgender U-turn after Austin Killips victory

The Telegraph  

The International Cycling Union is discussing the possibility of banning transgender athletes from female categories amid the outcry over Austin Killips's first prize for women at the Tour of the Gila. Killips' victory in the premier road race in New Mexico prompted immediate calls for a rethink on rules drafted just last year and the governing body has now announced …

Transgender athlete who ran in female category at London Marathon defends taking part
1 year, 10 months ago

Transgender athlete who ran in female category at London Marathon defends taking part

Daily Mail  

Glenique Frank, 54, said she hasn't cheated any other athletes out of a prize A transgender athlete who ran the London Marathon in the female category has defended her decision to take part. The elite races in the London Marathon are subject to World Athletics rules, which exclude transgender women from elite female competition if they have gone through male …

Olympian says letting trans athlete compete as a woman in London Marathon is 'wrong and unfair'
1 year, 10 months ago

Olympian says letting trans athlete compete as a woman in London Marathon is 'wrong and unfair'

Daily Mail  

A British Olympian has claimed it was 'wrong and unfair' to allow a transgender athlete to compete in the female category of the London Marathon on Sunday. Olympian Mara Yamauchi, Britain's third fastest female marathon runner ever, hit out at organisers for allowing Frank to benefit from a loophole at the London Marathon. Transgender athlete Glenique Frank was able to …

The real consequence of World Athletics’ transgender ban will go untold
1 year, 11 months ago

The real consequence of World Athletics’ transgender ban will go untold

The Independent  

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