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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 ...
Lia Catherine Thomas [2] (born May 1999) is an American swimmer. She was the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship, having won the women's 500-yard freestyle event in 2022, before being barred from competing in women's events by World Aquatics.
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 ...
August 7, 2024 at 4:40 PM. PARIS — The second boxer at the center of a global debate over gender eligibility and fairness at the Paris Olympics won her semifinal match Wednesday, ascending to ...
Jo Yurcaba. January 2, 2024 at 4:21 PM. Gregory Shamus. Boxing’s highest national governing body added a transgender athletes policy to its rulebook that requires genital reassignment surgery ...
The lawsuit claims that the University System of Georgia and NCAA violated female athletes Title IX rights when they allowed transgender women to compete and have full use of locker rooms.
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.
Nike has responded to growing pushback from female athletes who have condemned the company for using transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in an advertisement featuring women’s apparel. The ...