Sports

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Olympics cave to Trump, banning transgender women from competition

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The International Olympic Committee has approved a new policy restricting participation in women’s events to athletes deemed “biological females,” a decision set to take effect at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and expected to exclude transgender women while expanding scrutiny of athletes’ bodies. “Eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females,” the IOC said in announcing the rule. The policy establishes a new eligibility standard based on a one-time genetic screening for the SRY gene, which is typically associated with male sex development. Athletes who test negative […]

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Trump DOJ sues Minnesota over its trans-inclusive school sports policies

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Monday that it is suing Minnesota and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) for allowing transgender girls and women to play on school sports teams matching their gender identity. The case, filed in the Minnesota District Court, is just the Trump administration’s latest attempt to impose a nationwide ban on trans student-athletes (without congressional approval) by harassing and blackmailing states into dropping their trans-inclusive policies. The DOJ claims that schools with trans-inclusive sports policies violate Title IX, the federal law that bans discrimination on the basis of sex in education. President Joe […]

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NASCAR indefinitely suspends driver who mocked IndyCar racer’s ‘gay voice’

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NASCAR indefinitely suspended Kaulig Racing driver Daniel Dye after he mocked another driver with a homophobic remark during a livestream, triggering swift disciplinary action from both his team and the sanctioning body. The sanctioning body announced the suspension on Tuesday, saying Dye violated a rule prohibiting members from making public statements that “criticize, ridicule, or otherwise disparage” someone based on characteristics, including sexual orientation. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. The move happened after Dye, in a livestream on social media, insinuated an IndyCar driver […]

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Trans golfer sues USGA and LPGA after being barred from US Women’s Open qualifier

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A transgender golfer has filed a lawsuit challenging 2024 United States Golf Association policy changes in women’s professional golf after being denied entry into a US Women’s Open qualifier last year. Hailey Davidson is suing the USGA, the LPGA, three LPGA officials, and a New Jersey golf club which hosted the qualifier, arguing that updated policies unlawfully excluded her from competition. The case, filed Thursday (19 March) in New Jersey, seeks unspecified damages. At the centre of the dispute is a gender policy introduced in the USGA and LPGA for 2025 and beyond. The policy mandates that players in women’s categories must be […]

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Gay skier Jake Adicoff makes history at Winter Paralympic Games

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American skier Jake Adicoff made history as the first out gay athlete to be crowned an individual winter Paralympic champion, whilst also pulling off a gold medal clean sweep.  The 30-year-old, from Sun Valley in Idaho, competes in the vision-impaired category and prior to the Winter Paralympic Games he vowed to bring four gold medals home across four events – and he did just that.  Adicoff finished first in the sprint visually impaired, 10km classical visually impaired, 20km freestyle visually impaired and 4 x 2.5km mixed relay.  “Four races, four gold medals, that was the goal. It was really hard but it […]

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UN Experts Rebut Olympics Sex Testing Plan

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United Nations human rights experts issued a damning public critique of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) plans to “sex test” all women athletes.  Last year, the IOC started a secret process to “protect the female category,” and it appears the result is an impending announcement that all women athletes will undergo genetic sex testing for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic games.  Sex testing has long been used by sporting bodies to target women athletes who, often through variations in their sex characteristics, or intersex traits, have higher than typical natural testosterone. Yet sex testing has been debunked as unethical, unscientific, and unworkable, and has often relied […]

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University sues federal gov’t for threatening federal funding over trans volleyball player

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San Jose State University (SJSU) and the California State University (CSU) system are suing the federal government in response to its determination that SJSU violated Title IX by allowing a transgender volleyball player to compete on the women’s team. The current administration launched an investigation into the university immediately following the president’s executive order, Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports, issued soon after he took office. The school made headlines in the heat of the 2024 election campaign when the girls’ volleyball team co-captain, Brooke Slusser, joined a lawsuit led by anti-trans activist and swimmer Riley Gaines which challenged the NCAA’s […]

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NHL player hurls antigay slur during Olympics hockey match

During last month’s quarterfinal game between Canada and Czechia at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, a player from the National Hockey League shouted a homophobic slur, seemingly toward a referee. Radko Gudas plays defense for the Anaheim Ducks and represented his home country, Czechia, at the men’s hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics. But during a heated exchange last week, he shouted that someone, seemingly a referee, was a “f***ing c**k sucker,” as seen in videos of the incident shared to social media. Gudas shouted the term while arguing with the referee over a two-minute penalty he received in the second period […]

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No, trans women don’t have inherent advantage over cis women in sports: new study

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Transgender women athletes do not have an inherent advantage over cisgender competitors, according to a new study. That’s what advocates of trans inclusion have been saying for years, while anti-trans forces have been saying the opposite. Now a report in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, which its authors call “the most comprehensive synthesis to date,” counters the idea of inherent advantage. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. The authors, all based at academic and medical institutions in Brazil, looked at 52 studies with 6,485 participants, including 2,943 trans […]

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Fact Sheet: LGBTQ and Ally Inclusion at Super Bowl LX and the Winter Olympics

LGBTQ Ally Bad Bunny to Headline Halftime Show, Bi Singer Billie Joe Armstrong to Perform Pregame with Green Day, and LGBTQ Icon Brandi Carlile to Sing “America The Beautiful”  GLAAD:  “Inclusion is good for the world and it’s great for business growth. Most LGBTQ sports fans are more likely to purchase from brands that support causes they care about. Over 20% of Gen Z is LGBTQ, so inclusion and visibility are keys to future proofing.  When the NFL elevates and celebrates inclusive talent and values, it trickles down to high school fields and stands, and pee-wee games across the country. […]

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