Human Rights Watch demands end to abusive sex testing in women’s athletics
The human rights group is calling for an end to the ‘discriminatory but necessary’ practice by World Athletics.
By Shelby Weldon | December 7, 2020The human rights group is calling for an end to the ‘discriminatory but necessary’ practice by World Athletics.
By Shelby Weldon | December 7, 2020Olympic champion Caster Semenya is appealing against World Athletics’ rule restricting testosterone levels in female runners.
By Karleigh Webb | November 18, 2020Sam Leicht also found the faster he ran the hurdles in high school, the more his teammates accepted who he was.
By Cyd Zeigler | November 18, 2020Dawson LaRance will run track and start his graduate program at Colorado State University next spring.
By Alex Reimer | November 17, 2020Covenant Christian Academy in Texas kicked out track athlete Devin Bryant, just days before starting his senior year, because he’s gay.
By Dawn Ennis | November 13, 2020Kamal-Craig Golaube is an outspoken leader for change at Colorado State University.
By Alex Reimer | October 22, 2020Jarrin Williams is out, proud and emerging as a leader in his school and in his hometown.
By Karleigh Webb | October 9, 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, 2020Trans paralympic hopeful Valentina Petrillo swept the sprints at her nation’s championships.
By Karleigh Webb | September 18, 2020The University of Minnesota announced last week it’s cutting its men’s track and field team. But Dawson LaRance is trying to help save it.
By Alex Reimer | September 16, 2020A request for an injunction and motions to dismiss the lawsuit against HB 500 were debated in a three-hour hearing Wednesday in federal court in Boise.
By Karleigh Webb | July 23, 2020The ACLU seeks to stall or stop Idaho’s controversial law that bans transgender students like Lindsay Hecox from competing with cisgender athletes.
By Karleigh Webb | July 22, 2020Inspired by a national hero, transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo targets the 2021 Paralympics.
By Karleigh Webb | July 10, 2020A national holiday is no reason not to recap the big stories from the past 7 days of LGBTQ sports coverage.
By Dawn Ennis | July 4, 2020Anderson covers ‘Never Enough’ from Greatest Showman, Billie Eilish and more.
By Cyd Zeigler | July 3, 2020In many ways, Microsoft Decathlon was laughably primitive. But in one key aspect, it was ahead of its time.
By Ken Schultz | June 16, 2020Brown University reinstated its men’s track & field and cross country teams to varsity this week, following outcry and public pressure.
By Alex Reimer | June 11, 2020The South African track star received her second Gold Medal after the winner of the 2012 Olympic event was stripped of her award for doping.
By Dawn Ennis | June 8, 2020The transgender All-American duathlete, Hall of Fame triathlete and Olympic trials race walker earned a spot in the men’s 35-39 sprint duathlon world championship in 2015 and competed with Team USA.
By Dawn Ennis | June 7, 2020Every day this month, we’ll be revisiting a moment of Pride. Today: CeCé Telfer makes trans history in NCAA track and field with a national championship win.
By Karleigh Webb | June 4, 2020