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World

World Athletics Seeks Stricter Rules for Transgender Women

The sports organization may require lower testosterone levels than current rules allow.

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Health

There’s a testosterone crisis, the FDA says — for cisgender men

The government disapproves of the hormone for transgender people but is enthusiastic about what it could do for cisgender men.

Caster Semenya and the Race for Sex Definition
Sports

Caster Semenya and the Race for Sex Definition

A race has a definite beginning and end. Sex and gender do not. 
Caster Semenya
Sports

Caster Semenya Wins Measured Victory at European Court of Human Rights

The court says Semenya suffered discrimination because of her high natural testosterone level, but it did not strike down the regulations World Athletics imposes on women athletes.

Caster Semenya
Sports

Caster Semenya Must Take Drugs That Lower Testosterone to Compete

The Olympic champion will be forced to take drugs to lower her testosterone if she wants to compete in middle-distance running. 

Olympian Laurel Hubbard
Sports

New Olympic Guidelines Aim for Greater Trans Inclusion

The International Olympic Committee's new framework scraps blanket testosterone limits in favor of letting each sport's governing body determine eligibility for trans and intersex athletes. 

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News

Hormone Therapy Helps Mental Health of Trans Youth: Study

So far this year, more than 30 bills have been introduced at the state level to ban or restrict gender-affirming care for young people.

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News

What does the science say about transgender women in sports?

With all the talk about "men" in women's sports, it's time to take a look at what scientific studies say.

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Voices

Bias Against Caster Semenya Shows Measuring 'Womanhood' Is Impossible

Sporting officials need to stop using testosterone as the final word on gender.

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Sports

Think transgender women have an advantage in sports? A new study disputes the idea

The U.K. study, while using a small sample, cautions against blanket bans on trans women's participation in women's sports.
Ron Peri
Politics

DeSantis Appointee Suggested Tap Water Turns People Gay

The appointee to Florida Gov. Ron Desantis's new Disney oversight board has previously called homosexuality "evil" and "shameful."

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Sports

New Olympic Guidelines Won't Require Surgery for Trans Athletes

The new rules, expected to be adopted soon by the International Olympic Committee, will make it possible for more trans athletes to go for the gold.

Martina Navratilova
Sports

Martina Navratilova: Trans Athletes Competing Is 'Insane & 'Cheating'

The lesbian trailblazer and multiple Grand Slam winner wrote a column in the Sunday Times of London that leans into transphobic rhetoric.   
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Sports

Trans Women Could Be Banned From Playing on Women's Rugby Teams

The governing body for 120 national rugby unions claims trans women have "significant" advantages over cis women. 

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Arts & Entertainment

Cougar Towns Carolyn Hennesy On the Prowl

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Sports

Weight Lifter Laurel Hubbard Likely to Be First Out Trans Olympian

The New Zealander has qualified for this year's Tokyo Olympics.

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Politics

There Are Currently 108 Bills Targeting LGBTQ+ People

State-level legislation aimed at transgender student athletes, along with anti-LGBTQ+ "religious freedom" bills, is proliferating.

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Transgender

Suit Challenges Florida Medicaid's Exclusion of Gender-Affirming Care

Failure to cover such care is unconstitutional, says a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.

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Politics

Hundreds Rally Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills in Arizona, Texas

Multiple pieces of homophobic and transphobic legislation are pending in both states.
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Sports

Diana Nyad's Perplexing Take on Trans Women Athletes

"When it comes to the female trans athlete, I'm confused," the lesbian swimmer said in a commentary on National Public Radio.

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Leia Genis
Transgender

Trans Cyclist Stripped of Medal Accuses Sport of Transphobia

But the governing body for cycling says Leia Genis simply didn't meet the requirements for elite-level competition.