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The participation of transgender people in competitive sports, a traditionally sex-segregated institution, [ 1] is a controversial issue, particularly the inclusion of transgender women and girls in women's sports . Opponents argue that transgender women have an unfair advantage over, and may endanger, cisgender women in competitive sports due ...
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, many sports now require trans women to have transitioned before puberty. At a time when gender affirming care is increasingly difficult to access, some elite ...
Veronica Ivy (born 1982), formerly Rachel McKinnon, is a Canadian competitive cyclist and transgender rights activist. [1] In 2018, she became the first transgender world track cycling champion by placing first at the UCI Women's Masters Track World Championship for the women's 35–44 age bracket.
Transgender athletes experienced social prejudice and disparity in sports participation, which led to mental health issues and increased suicide rates, according to a meta-analysis of the 12 papers in this study. 7152 (33%) of the 21,565 study participants experienced prejudice when it came to playing sports and receiving medical treatment; this is a rate of 0.61 (95% confidence interval [CI ...
Over the last few years, there’s been a wave of anti-trans legislation seeking to bar trans youth, and especially trans girls, from K–12 sports in both schools and publicly-funded facilities ...
A 2022 Washington Post-University of Maryland Poll found that 55% of Americans were opposed to allowing trans women and girls to compete with other women and girls in high school sports, and 58% ...
Laurel Hubbard. Laurel Hubbard (born 9 February 1978) is a New Zealand weightlifter. [ 3] Selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she was the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympic Games. [ 4][ 5] Prior to making her Olympic debut, Hubbard achieved a ranking of 7th in the IWF's women's +87 kg division. [ 6][ 5]
Julia Serano. Julia Michelle Serano ( / səˈrænoʊ /; born 1967) [ 1] is an American writer, musician, spoken-word performer, transgender and bisexual activist, and biologist. She is known for her transfeminist books, such as Whipping Girl (2007), Excluded (2013), and Outspoken (2016). She is also a public speaker who has given many talks at ...