trans athletes

The state told schools they don’t have to follow proposed rules to implement federal law on LGBTQ discrimination in schools.

She says if she succeeds, her critics will say it’s because she’s transgender rather than because of her lifelong work at improving her game.

Lia Thomas became a lightning rod in the debate around transgender athletes’ participation in elite sports.

International sports bodies are grappling with the issue and coming up short.

“This is a moment I will never forget.”

According to her own parents, she’s not a particularly gifted athlete, but the middle schooler is now banned from playing on the field hockey team she helped create.

Times are tough, but these tweets are keeping us going this week.

Republicans sneaked a last-minute amendment into a voting rights bill. One Democrat said the genital examinations would happen “over my dead body.”

The Gov. said lawmakers passed the bill “without presenting a single instance in Kentucky of a child gaining a competitive as a result of sex reassignment.”

Republican Gov. Spencer Cox sent an impassioned letter pleading with lawmakers not to pass the bill.

S.B. 83 seeks to ban trans girls in 6th grade through college from competing in school sports on women’s teams.

Gov. Ron DeSantis decided to just declare a winner to the race that happened in another state.

“Our kids play sports to be part of a community and have fun with their friends. All kids belong in sports. It’s that simple.”

Gov. Kristi Noem literally wrote the law banning trans kids from sports in her state.

“When we start talking about these ‘Verify that you’re girl enough, or verify that you’re boy enough’ [policies], these kiddos, they shake in their proverbial boots.”

Wyoming has been letting trans girls play sports for eight years without a problem. Someone finally told state Sen. Wendy Schuler.

“Governing bodies should not succumb to outside pressure by people that are not trans and don’t have a horse in the race,” said Taylor Lianne Chandler.

Emboldened by their successful attempt to ban trans kids from participating in school activities, Texas politicians are now working to make more children feel excluded.

The new policy is more strict that even what the Olympics required of trans athletes for 17 years. College athletics could follow suit.

Lia Thomas is currently eligible to compete, but the rules are changing in March.