transgender athletes
January 10, 2022
UPenn Swimming Star Beaten By Another Transgender Athlete
A University of Pennslyvania swimmer Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, was defeated in her first competition since a record-breaking performance. During the Ivy League meet featuring UPenn, Dartmouth, and Yale, Iszac Henig, a transitioning male fro...
December 20, 2021
Parents Speak Out Against UPenn Trans Swimmer
Parents of swimmers competing with transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas are speaking out on behalf of their daughters following a recent record-smashing performance by Thomas. The group of 10 UPenn parents, according to a repo...
October 14, 2021
Vermont High Schools Address Racial, Transphobic Slurs at Volleyball Game
A Vermont high school volleyball game was suspended by referees last week after racial and transphobic slurs were hurled towards players from Burlington High School. According to a report from the Burlington Free Press, once the game official was ...
May 26, 2021
New Alabama Transgender Bill May Affect Zero Youth Athletes
A bill that was signed into action last month by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey which bars transgender public school athletes from competing on teams based on the gender they identify with may affect as little as zero youth athletes in the state. That ...
April 22, 2021
Florida Transgender Athlete Bill May Be Off Table For 2021
Florida lawmakers said this week that a bill to ban transgender females from girls' and womens' high school and college sports may have hit a roadblock this week. According to a recent report from The Orlando Sentinel, a key senator noted there wa...
March 25, 2021
Continuing the Conversation on Transgender Student-Athletes
When Ryan Socolow decided he was ready to tell his Endicott Gulls women’s lacrosse teammates he was a transgender athlete, he decided to inform coaches and teammates at a team meeting in the Fall of 2013 — his senior year. The response was much d...
March 12, 2021
500+ College Student-Athletes to NCAA: Support Transgender Athletes
More than 500 collegiate student-athletes unified to send a joint letter to the NCAA on Wednesday demanding immediate action against states with bans on transgender student-athletes. A total of 545 student-athletes from at least 85 schools in ever...
February 24, 2021
South Carolina Lawmakers Debate Transgender Sports Ban Bill
South Carolina lawmakers were set to debate a bill that would ban transgender women from playing on women's sports teams earlier this week. According to a report from WISNews 10, the "Save Women's Sports Act," or H3477, would make it a law in Sout...
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A new study on mental health by the Women's Sports Foundation found gi...