transgender athletes

A federal appeals court has reinstated a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, two months after a three-judge panel upheld the rules. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City said the full court will rehear the appeal of four cisgender runners who said they were unfairly...

At least 19 states have passed laws or adopted rules that either bar or limit participation in sports by transgender athletes.

FINA members voted to restrict transgender women from elite swimming competitions on Sunday.

Ohio passed a law that would require student athletes to submit to invasive gender inspections, and athletes whose identity is disputed would have to provide a doctor’s statement about their anatomy. The bill aimed at trans athletes passed after it was slipped into an unrelated bill in a nighttime legislative session. Kathryn Poe of Equality Ohio joined LX News to...

Schuyler Bailar, a Harvard alum who was the first trans athlete to compete in NCAA Division I, says the pushback against trans athletes in sports is fueled by ignorance and propaganda. Now, he teaches gender literacy and has to break through “knee-jerk reactions” and go deeper into the topic to help people understand. “I have changed lots of people’s minds...

Kansas appears unlikely to join the growing number of states banning transgender athletes female sports in schools and colleges, and Tom Witt is one of the main figures behind that effort.

A Missouri state representative went viral this week after delivering an impassioned speech opposing a transgender sports bill. The bill, which later passed 89-40, bans transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams.

Republican governors in two states this week rejected legislation to ban transgender players from girls sports.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is diving into the latest debate over transgender athletes, proclaiming the second place finisher at a recent NCAA event the ‘rightful winner’ over the transgender athlete who won the event. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports DeSantis, during an event Tuesday in Wesley Chapel, said he would issue a proclamation declaring Sarasota native Emma Weyant the winner of…

Spencer Cox told his fellow Republicans that he was moved by data showing that among 75,000 kids playing high school sports in Utah, only four were transgender.

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill that will ban transgender girls and college-age women from playing in school sports leagues that match their gender identity

The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees