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World Athletics Seeks Stricter Rules for Transgender Women

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

Caster Semenya and the Race for Sex Definition

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

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 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. 

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. 

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.

Bias Against Caster Semenya Shows Measuring 'Womanhood' Is Impossible

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

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.

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."

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: 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.   

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. 

Weight Lifter Laurel Hubbard Likely to Be First Out Trans Olympian

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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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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.

States With Anti-Trans Laws Might Not Get to Host NCAA Championships

The NCAA issued a warning on the matter Monday.

Mississippi, South Dakota Send Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills to Governors

The Mississippi bill would keep transgender girls out of girls' sports, while the South Dakota legislation is a so-called religious freedom measure that would enable discrimination.