transgender

How a Women’s College Volleyball Team Became the Center of the Transgender Athlete Debate

Not since the swimmer Lia Thomas has a college athlete or team put the fiercely contested issue of transgender rights…

9 months ago

USWNT Star Megan Rapinoe Discusses Transgender Inclusion in Sports

The two-time World Cup champion noted her support for transgender inclusion in sports in an interview with TIME.

3 years ago

The world swimming body effectively bans transgender women from women’s events

FINA, the world governing body for swimming, has voted to effectively ban transgender women from participating in women's swimming competitions.

3 years ago

Amid protests, Penn swimmer Lia Thomas becomes first known transgender athlete to win Division I national championship

Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas became the first known transgender athlete to capture a Division I national title by winning the 500…

3 years ago

‘I Am Lia’: The Trans Swimmer Dividing America Tells Her Story

Lia Thomas has dominated women’s college swimming this season—and has also become a lightning rod for controversy.

4 years ago

Ivy League and Penn back transgender swimmer Lia Thomas

Their statements of support come after weeks of criticism and transphobic remarks directed at Thomas, who set records in three…

4 years ago

Conservative Commentator Matt Walsh Doubles Down on Criticizing Female Sportscasters

Walsh was defiant, confirming he believes ”women are feminizing traditionally male spaces“

4 years ago

Layshia Clarendon on Periods in Sports, Stigma, and Activism

Clarendon, who uses all pronouns, is already changing the world for the better. He’s the first openly trans and nonbinary…

4 years ago

A transgender weightlifter’s Olympic dream has sparked an existential debate about what it means to be female

The publicity-shy weightlifter is set to be the first openly transgender athlete ever to compete at the Olympics, and her…

4 years ago

May 31 – June 6, Highlights and Lowlights

? This week our highlight goes to Naomi Osaka, who stood up for the mental health of all athletes at the…

4 years ago