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Senate to vote on Tommy Tuberville’s anti-trans athlete bill

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The U.S. Senate will vote on Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s bill to bar transgenderwomen and girls from competing in female school sports. Senate Majority Leader John Thune placed the bill on the chamber’s calendar last week, meaning a vote will be held in the next few weeks, The Hill reports. A firm date for the vote has not been set. The bill from Tuberville, an Alabama Republican, would stipulate that under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which bans sex discrimination in schools that receive federal funds, “sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.” Tuberville announced its reintroduction last week. He […]

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Gay NBA Hall of Famer Rick Welts on being named the Mavericks’ CEO 

In a groundbreaking move for the Dallas Mavericks, Rick Welts, a luminary in the world of professional basketball and an LGBTQ+ trailblazer, has been appointed as the team’s new chief executive officer. With a storied career spanning over four decades, Welts brings a wealth of experience and a legacy of innovation to the Mavericks organization.  In an interview with The Advocate, Welts shared insights into the process that led to his coming out of retirement and his appointment with the Mavericks. “Patrick Dumont is the governor for the team and reached out through a mutual friend with the premise that he’d like to […]

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White House starts scrapping pending regulations on transgender athletes

President Joe Biden is abandoning his efforts to provide some protections for transgender student athletes and cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans, the first steps in an administration-wide plan to jettison pending regulations to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from retooling them to achieve his own aims. The White House expects to pull back unfinished rules across several agencies if there isn’t enough time to finalize them before Trump takes office. If the proposed regulations were left in their current state, the next administration would be able to rewrite them and advance its agenda more quickly. Even as […]

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British Lawn Tennis Association bans trans women from some female events

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The British Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has announced that transgender women will be banned from competing in some domestic tournaments. The LTA oversees the domestic game, so the rule changes do not apply to international matches which are played on British soil, including Wimbledon, or other events such as an internal club tournament, where venues will decide on their own rules. However, the updated policy on transgender and non-binary participation means trans women and people assigned male at birth won’t be allowed to play in the women’s category in matches against players from another club or county. “We are changing our policy […]

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Trans darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven set to make history at World Championships

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Trans darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven will make history this week when she competes at the World Championships. Van Leuven, who transitioned in 2021 and who has faced controversy for playing against cis women, qualified for the Professional Darts Corporation World Championship in October – the first trans woman to do so.  And on Tuesday (17 December), she will face Kevin Doets at London’s Alexandra Palace.  ‘I just want to be Noa’  “It’s going to be a big achievement for me and for my kind of people,” Van Leuven told the PA news agency. “But I guess I just want to be Noa, […]

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San Jose State volleyball player at center of fight over trans athletes can compete at tournament, judge rules

A federal judge ruled Monday that a volleyball player for the San Jose State University women’s team, who is at the center of controversy about transgender athletes, can compete in this week’s conference tournament. Judge S. Kato Crews, with the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, denied the emergency motion for a preliminary injunction filed this month against the Mountain West Conference. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit that preceded the emergency motion included San Jose’s co-captain Brooke Slusser and 10 athletes from other schools who argued that their Title IX rights are being violated by allowing the athlete to play for a […]

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Darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven is first trans woman to qualify for World Championships

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Darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven has qualified for the darts world championships – the first time a trans woman has done so. Dutch player Noa-Lynn van Leuven, who transitioned in 2021 and has faced controversy for playing against cis women, qualified for her first PDC (Professional Darts Corporation) World Championship on Saturday (19 October) following a 5-3 victory over English star Beau Greaves in the 21st PDC Women’s Series in Leicester. Van Leuven’s appearance at Alexander Palace in December will mark the first time a trans woman has secured a place in the mixed-gender competition, the largest and most prestigious event in […]

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NFL donates $100k to Trevor Project on National Coming Out Day

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The National Football League is donating another $100,000 to the Trevor Project, gay former NFL player Carl Nassib announced Friday, National Coming Out Day. “I’m happy to announce that the NFL is continuing their support by making a $100,000 donation to the Trevor Project,” Nassib said on the NFL Network’s Good Morning Football.“So for those who don’t know, young LGBTQ people are actually four times more likely to harm themselves, and so the Trevor Project provides lifesaving support to these kids, and so this $100,000 is going directly to that organization to continue that work. So huge, huge thank you to the NFL … it’s a really positive step.” […]

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Four college volleyball teams forfeit against San José State over possible trans player

A fourth university has forfeited its women’s volleyball match against San José State University following controversy over the gender identity of one of the team’s players. Utah State University said in a brief statement Tuesday that it would not play its Oct. 23 match against SJSU, joining the University of Wyoming, Boise State University and Southern Utah University, which have all forfeited matches against the California school over the last three weeks. None of the universities explained their decisions, though the University of Wyoming said the decision was made “after a lengthy discussion.” The universities have not responded to requests for additional comment.  Michelle Smith McDonald, senior […]

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Judge extends temporary order for transgender New Hampshire girl to play soccer

A federal judge extended a temporary order Tuesday for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while considering arguments for a longer-term order and a possible trial as the teen and another student challenge a New Hampshire ban. The families of Parker Tirrell, 15, and Iris Turmelle, 14, filed a lawsuit Aug. 16 seeking to overturn the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act that Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law last month. While Turmelle doesn’t plan to play sports until December, Tirrell successfully sought an emergency order allowing her to start soccer practice on Aug. 19. U.S. District […]

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