5 days ago · Twenty-five states have barred transgender athletes from competing on teams consistent with their gender identity, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an L.G.B.T.Q. advocacy group that ...

May 19, 2022 · Whether they're making waves for athleticism or advocacy (or both), here are 25 other transgender athletes you should know.

Jan 16, 2025 · These 44 trans athletes have competed openly in college sports. Some have won medals, others have not. Trans college athletes have been playing while out on men’s and women’s teams for...

2 days ago · Two transgender athletes navigate teen life on front lines of raging national debate. M.L., a 16-year-old transgender high school track athlete who asked to be identified only by initials to ...

6 days ago · The number of transgender athletes participating in youth and high school sports is unknown. Transgender people make up less than 1 percent of adults in the United States, according to the ...

Dec 6, 2024 · Transgender athletes are competing around the world, and some but not all of them are winning. Here are some winners.

May 11, 2022 · Joanna Harper is a sports scientist and is transgender herself. She studies the effects of transition on female transgender athletes. Here, Tucker and Harper answer the key questions being...

Supporters of transgender athletes argue that medically prescribed puberty blockers and estrogen suppress testosterone levels and reduce the muscle mass of transgender women, reducing possible competitive advantages. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Supporters also argue that sport, particularly youth sports, is also about belonging, well-being, and socialization of ...

Apr 30, 2020 · In 2020, lawmakers zeroed in on sports and introduced 20 bills seeking to ban trans people from participating in athletics. These statewide efforts have been supported through a coordinated campaign led by anti-LGBTQ groups that have long worked to …

Apr 17, 2024 · In March, a BBC Sport study found that more than 100 elite British sportswomen would be uncomfortable with transgender women competing in female categories in their sport.