Category: transgender athletes

IOC To Allow Trans Athletes to Compete in Women’s Sports Without Testosterone Suppression

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday introduced a new framework for transgender athletes, which allows trans-identified males to compete in women’s sports without having to undergo testosterone suppression or hormone therapy, raising concerns that some countries might “rig the system.” In a six-page document, the IOC outlined 10 principles with a stated aim to…


Transgender Inclusion, Fairness and Safety Cannot Co-exist in Many Sports: UK Review

British sport governing bodies will have to choose either transgender inclusion or fairness and safety as their priorities because they often cannot co-exist in a single competitive model, new guidance said. The Sports Councils’ Equality Group (SCEG), which consists of relevant officers from all five Sports Councils across the UK—Sport England, Sport Scotland, Sport Northern Ireland,…


The Views of Citizens Are Ignored by Our Leftist Elites

Commentary There’s a chasm between American citizens and their views, and the views of the far-left elites of the Democratic Party, the media, big tech, “woke” universities and colleges, unions, and big business and finance. These elites suppress the views of the citizens, and then impose policies with which citizens don’t agree. It almost looks…


Facts Matter (June 2): 1 Million Arizona Ballots Recounted, PA Senators to Visit; Will There Be a New Audit?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new bill that bans transgender athletes from women’s sports, across both schools and universities. The mothers of several young black people who were killed in confrontations with police recently came out and heavily criticized the Black Lives Matter organization. Over in Arizona, not only have auditors finished recounting…


Saving Girls’ Sports

Commentary The feminists are illogical, once again. Nowadays, the feminists are all up in arms about the intervention into women’s sports of males who declare themselves females. And this is not an unreasonable concern of theirs. For, if encouraged, even allowed, transgender athletes will spell the death knell of women’s athletic competitions. The biological fact…


The Nation Speaks (May 1): Is Police Racism the Problem? Transgender Athletes vs. Fair Play; Burden of the High-Profile Juror

President Biden pushes police reform to “root out systemic racism.” But does the data support the charge? Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik doesn’t think so. So why is the narrative of police brutality and racism so common? Professor Wilfred Reilly at Kentucky State University has studied exactly this question and has some…


Judge Dismisses Suit to Protect Women’s Sport Because Transgender Athletes Already Graduated

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that seeks to ensure fairness in sports by preventing transgender athletes who are biological males from participating in women’s competitions. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Chatigny issued a ruling on Sunday against four female athletes who challenged a Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) policy that allows students to compete in…


Pennsylvania Lawmakers Seek to Ban Transgender Athletes from Female Sports Competitions

A group of Pennsylvania’s house lawmakers introduced a bill to ban transgender athletes who are male at birth from competing with biologically female athletes. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office to allow transgender athletes to compete as the gender of their choice. Conservative lawmakers from more than 30…


New York Social Service Agency Sued for Gender Discrimination

Two individuals and an institution filed a lawsuit against the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) on March 29 for gender discrimination after it allegedly failed to provide an “X” gender option for applicants. Applicants in the state must declare their gender to receive Medicaid, food stamps, and other public assistance….


Mississippi Governor Signs Transgender Students From Competing in Girl’s Sports

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Thursday to bar transgender athletes who are biologically male from competing on girls sports teams. Mississippi is the first state so far to enact such a ban, after a similar law in Idaho was struck down by a federal court last year. If no legal challenges come forward, Mississippi’s Senate Bill…