Celebrating LGBTQ sports history: Renee Richards wins right to compete in Women’s U.S. Open
Every day in October we’re looking back at the athletes, coaches and events that made LGBTQ sports history.
By Dawn Ennis | October 22, 2020Every day in October we’re looking back at the athletes, coaches and events that made LGBTQ sports history.
By Dawn Ennis | October 22, 2020Betsy Devos’s Office of Civil Rights claims Franklin Pierce University and NCAA policy violate Title IX.
By Karleigh Webb | October 19, 2020England governing body for Rugby says more study is needed and inclusion must be a prime consideration.
By Karleigh Webb | October 15, 2020Two reports say Dori Monson has been suspended indefinitely from hosting Seahawks’ pregame and postgame radio shows because of his tweet mocking the transgender community.
By Dawn Ennis | October 9, 2020As we countdown to National Coming Out Day, The Trevor Project is providing resources to student athletes who are secretly LGBTQ.
By Dawn Ennis | October 8, 2020Feedback from players and club pointed USA Rugby to uphold pro-inclusion stance.
By Karleigh Webb | September 28, 2020Players across the league, not just on the team she partly owns, have sent a clear message to Kelly Loeffler: Get out.
By Dawn Ennis | September 23, 2020After 101 days of silence on the issue, Connecticut’s governor finally responded Monday to Trump administration threats to cut school funding for standing up for transgender student athletes.
By Karleigh Webb | September 22, 2020HBO promoted a report about transgender athletes. But why was the segment suddenly dropped from the show?
By Dawn Ennis | September 22, 2020The Secretary of Education is threatening to withhold funds.
By Karleigh Webb | September 18, 2020A diverse, global group of leading academics and researchers agreed to sign their names to a letter opposing World Rugby’s proposed trans ban, and almost all agreed to let us publish their names here.
By Karleigh Webb | September 8, 2020As World Rugby considers banning trans women from women’s rugby, various trans ruggers are speaking out.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 31, 2020The trans athlete was told to stay home during the World Championship, though she helped the team qualify.
By Cyd Zeigler | August 28, 2020Trans athlete, author and researcher Joanna Harper suspects decision-makers at World Rugby “had their minds made up before they called the meeting.”
By Dawn Ennis | August 28, 2020Before proposing its transban, World Rugby failed to listen to Verity Smith, who played the sport for 26 years and says “I don’t think it’s dangerous” for cis women to play trans women.
By Dawn Ennis | August 27, 2020Seeing her place on the pitch threatened, Grace McKenzie helped forge an internet ‘start-up’ against transphobia.
By Karleigh Webb | August 26, 2020Isabella Macbeth, who plays for a female rugby club in South Carolina, credits rugby with helping her through the toughest moments of her transition.
By Alex Reimer | August 24, 2020International Gay Rugby is directly addressing the transgender and non-binary rugby-playing community with the message: ‘You will always be welcome to play rugby’
By Dawn Ennis | August 24, 2020It was a lousy week for 2 guys who talk for a living and other big stories of the past 7 days.
By Dawn Ennis | August 22, 2020Inclusion gets an early pair of wins as the Hecox v. Little lawsuit moves ahead.
By Karleigh Webb | August 18, 2020