by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
U.S. women’s national team star Megan Rapinoe noted her support for transgender inclusion in sports in an interview with TIME released on Monday. “I’m 100% supportive of trans inclusion,” Rapinoe told TIME. Read More
by admin | Jun 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
FINA, the world governing body for swimming, has voted to effectively ban transgender women from participating in women’s swimming competitions. The vote — with 71.5% approval at the FINA Extraordinary General Congress 2022 in Budapest — was the latest salvo in...
by admin | Mar 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lia Thomas is a national champion. Thomas, who is a transgender woman, touched the wall in 4 minutes, 33.24 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle on Thursday night to become the first known transgender athlete to win a Division I national championship in any sport. Read...
by admin | Mar 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Fresh off her final practice of the week, the most controversial athlete in America sat in the corner of a nearly empty Philadelphia coffeehouse with her back to the wall. Lia Thomas had done some of her best work this season while feeling cornered. On this January...
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Ivy League and the University of Pennsylvania issued statements in support of Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer whose recent record-breaking wins put her at the center of the debate over trans inclusion in competitive sports. The statements were released on...
by admin | Sep 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Conservative commentator Matt Walsh said Tuesday he’s not a fan of female sports broadcasters or analysts. When that led to serious backlash, he doubled down in tweets Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. “Yes, I said that I don’t like female analysts and reporters in...
by admin | Aug 31, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Today, more than 800 million people will have a period. And of those people, many know the anxiety that can come with playing sports during that time of the month. What if there’s leakage? How do I play through the pain? Layshia Clarendon gets it. “I have had a period...
by admin | Jul 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When New Zealand’s Olympic weightlifting team gathered last month for a celebratory photo shoot, one person was noticeably absent: Laurel Hubbard.The publicity-shy weightlifter is set to be the first openly transgender athlete ever to compete at the Olympics,...
by admin | Jun 6, 2021 | Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Naomi Osaka, who stood up for the mental health of all athletes at the French Open. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to a number of American States, who are banning trans girls from participating in...
by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On June 1, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that would ban trans athletes from participating on female sports teams at the high school and college level. It states that individuals with a biological sex indicated as male on their birth...
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