transgender athletes

At least 19 states have passed laws or adopted rules that either bar or limit participation in sports by transgender athletes.

FINA members voted to restrict transgender women from elite swimming competitions on Sunday.

Ohio passed a law that would require student athletes to submit to invasive gender inspections, and athletes whose identity is disputed would have to provide a doctor’s statement about their anatomy. The bill aimed at trans athletes passed after it was slipped into an unrelated bill in a nighttime legislative session. Kathryn Poe of Equality Ohio joined LX News to...

Schuyler Bailar, a Harvard alum who was the first trans athlete to compete in NCAA Division I, says the pushback against trans athletes in sports is fueled by ignorance and propaganda. Now, he teaches gender literacy and has to break through “knee-jerk reactions” and go deeper into the topic to help people understand. “I have changed lots of people’s minds...

Kansas appears unlikely to join the growing number of states banning transgender athletes female sports in schools and colleges, and Tom Witt is one of the main figures behind that effort.

A Missouri state representative went viral this week after delivering an impassioned speech opposing a transgender sports bill. The bill, which later passed 89-40, bans transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams.

Republican governors in two states this week rejected legislation to ban transgender players from girls sports.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is diving into the latest debate over transgender athletes, proclaiming the second place finisher at a recent NCAA event the ‘rightful winner’ over the transgender athlete who won the event. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports DeSantis, during an event Tuesday in Wesley Chapel, said he would issue a proclamation declaring Sarasota native Emma Weyant the winner of…

Spencer Cox told his fellow Republicans that he was moved by data showing that among 75,000 kids playing high school sports in Utah, only four were transgender.

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill that will ban transgender girls and college-age women from playing in school sports leagues that match their gender identity

The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees

The International Olympic Committee’s medical chief said Thursday that the issue of transgender athletes’ participation in Olympic competition is complex and the IOC is still working on a framework for future eligibility.

The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday expanded its interpretation of federal sex protections to include transgender and gay students

Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympic champion and reality TV personality now running for California governor, said she opposes transgender girls competing in girls’ sports at school

Seven states now have bills restricting trans students’ participation in sports, with one in Florida headed to the governor’s desk. “Watching legislators across the country debate your identity, debate your right to exist – it’s heartbreaking,” Anne Lieberman of Athlete Ally tells LX News.

Despite a growing number of athletes coming out as LGBTQ in college, fewer than 3% of NCAA D-I athletes compete in departments that fully protect their LGBTQ identities. Ohio State University, Boston University, the University of Miami and the University of Southern California were among the schools that performed the best.

Athlete Ally reported that the vast majority of NCAA Division I athletic departments did not have fully inclusive trans athlete policies as of March 2021, according to a summary of this year’s equality index.