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Amber Glenn is set to be the first out queer woman on the U.S. Olympic figure skating team

Glenn has been on an epic run. She won the same competition the previous year, becoming the first openly queer woman to win, and took home her first career Grand Prix Finale title at the end of 2024, recording the highest-ever score for an American woman in the short program. It has been 20 years since an American woman has won an Olympic figure skating medal, but this 26-year-old LGBTQ+ athlete has the opportunity to change that at the Milano Games next month. Glenn is poised to score a spot on her first Olympic team, which would make her the […]

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Trans sports ban that could require genital exams will appear on the ballot in Washington

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A far-right political action committee says it has collected enough signatures to potentially get a trans sports ban onto Washington state’s ballot in November, and that ban would require girls to undergo physical examinations to participate in school sports. As the Washington State Standard reports, Let’s Go Washington collected 445,187 signatures in support of Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, exceeding the 386,000 needed to advance the measure. The initiative would ban transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports statewide. IL26-638 interprets existing state law as requiring students “to undergo a routine physical examination prior to participation in interscholastic sports, which includes documentation of […]

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GLAAD Fact Sheet: “Sex Testing” in Sports

Sex verification testing is increasingly being proposed in sports policies, including by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to determine eligibility for female athletes in the 2026 Winter Games. Sex testing has a problematic history as unreliable, expensive, invasive, and discriminatory, yet could be used to enforce bans that baselessly exclude transgender and intersex people at all levels of sport. Facts: Additional Facts about the Olympics, Transgender People, and Sex Testing: Additional History of Discriminatory and Racist Targeting Summary

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Egypt and Iran complain about planned World Cup ‘Pride’ match in Seattle

Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. Leaders in the nation’s soccer federations publicly rebuked the idea of playing the match June 26 at Seattle Stadium, which local organizers say will include a “once-in-a-lifetime moment to showcase and celebrate LGBTQIA+ communities in Washington.” In Egypt, the soccer federation issued a statement late Tuesday saying it sent a letter to FIFA “categorically rejecting any activities related to supporting homosexuality during the match.” Seattle PrideFest has been organized in […]

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A CEO tried to bribe professional women athletes into being transphobic. She failed miserably.

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The CEO of an anti-trans clothing company is trying to bribe professional women’s soccer players into speaking out against trans athletes – but none of them are taking her up on it. Jennifer Sey, a retired artistic gymnast who won the 1986 National Gymnastics Championship, runs the anti-trans clothing company XX-XY Athletics, which donates money from each purchase to organizations fighting against trans inclusion in sports. Sey regularly spouts anti-trans rhetoric on social media and recently wrote that she’d give $10,000 to the next player in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) “to stand up in defense of keeping women’s […]

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Perth Beats Out Denver To Host 2030 Gay Games

Out In Perth reports: Perth has won the 2030 Gay Games, an event that is set to bring thousands of people to city to participate in sport, cultural and community events. The announcement was made in Valencia Spain, the city that will host the 2026 games. The final choice was between Denver, Colorado and Perth, but the process began with 25 cities across five continents bidding for the event. Unlike the Olympics, there is no qualifying round, those who are willing to make the trip to the host city and take part are welcomed, and there is no requirement to disclose […]

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Swimmer banned after refusing gender test: ‘My life and privacy have been invaded enough’

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Hannah Caldas has been banned by World Aquatics for five years for refusing to take part in a gender-verification test, but she says if the suspension is the price she has to pay to “protect my most intimate medical information” then she is “happy to pay”. Caldas, who also goes by Ana, took part in the World Aquatics Masters Championships in Doha in 2024, finishing first in her age category in the women’s 100m freestyle, and also competed in the Spring Nationals run by US Masters Swimming (USMS) in San Antonio, Texas in April, winning several events. In response to the […]

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Minnesota Supreme Court rules USA Powerlifting’s ban on trans women is discrimination

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The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that USA Powerlifting discriminated against a transgender woman by banning her from women’s competitions. The court determined in an opinion issued Wednesday that preventing JayCee Cooper from competing in women’s categories constitutes unlawful discrimination under the Minnesota Human Rights Act. Chief Justice Natalie Hudson wrote that USAPL is “not permitted to deny Cooper the full and equal enjoyment of its place of public accommodation because of her transgenderstatus nor engage in business discrimination as to Cooper because of her transgender status.” “USA Powerlifting’s policy expressly prohibiting transgender women from competing in the women’s division of a powerlifting competition is facially discriminatory […]

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Olympics: Secret Process Threatens Fairness and Inclusion

The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to create a new working groupon the “protection of the female category” without disclosing its members or process presents an alarming risk for all women athletes, the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) said today. This move, a departure from the transparency for three other new working groups, signals a dangerous retreat from the IOC’s human rights commitments, including its 2021 Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations. It opens the way for restoring practices that have long threatened women’s rights and protection.  “This opaque process stands in stark contrast to the comprehensive, […]

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Judge halts New York county from enforcing trans athlete ban after roller derby league sues

A New York county’s law banning transgender women from playing on female sports teams at county-run parks and recreational facilities has been halted for now. A state appeals court on Wednesday barred Nassau County from enforcing the ban while a legal challenge brought on behalf of a local women’s roller derby league plays out. The decision comes after a lower court judge upheld the local law Monday, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, which had sued on the roller derby league’s behalf, vowed to challenge the ruling. Judge R. Bruce Cozzens had ruled the county ban was “narrowly tailored” […]

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