Transgender Athletes
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Kansas nears ban on transgender athletes in women's sports
•The state Senate voted 28-11 to approve the bill, which would impose the ban for K-12, college and club sports, starting July 1. It next goes to Gov. Laura Kelly, as the state House approved it two weeks earlier on an 82-40 vote.
Rugby league follows swimming's footsteps, bans transgender players from women's internationals
•The decision means transgender athletes will be banned from this year's Women's Rugby League World Cup in England in November.
World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe favours 'fairness' over inclusion
•Under World Athletics rules, transgender women have to show they have low testosterone levels for at least 12 months before competition.
Explained: What is FINA's new ruling on transgender swimmers
Fpsports •The decision came following weeks of deliberations on the topic which stemmed from US transgender swimmer Lia Thomas dominating women's collegiate events.
Explained: Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’s success revives biology debate in sport
G Rajaraman •Why does sport need athlete inclusion procedures? What is the history and how has it evolved? What is the IOC’s policy? All questions answered.
Teammates of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas seek bar from women's competition
•Thomas has dominated US collegiate women's swimming recently as a student athlete at Penn, where just a few years ago, she competed as a man.
Transgender American swimmer's career on the line after USA Swimming drafts new rules
•Lia Thomas has dominated US collegiate women's swimming as a student athlete at the University of Pennsylvania where, just a few years ago, she competed on the men's team.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard set to be first transgender Olympian
•Hubbard is aiming to make New Zealand's Tokyo Olympics squad to contest the women's +87kg category, an event in which she is currently ranked 16th in the world.
Arizona: Conservatives tighten sex education laws making parental permission mandatory for discussions on LGBTQ issues
•The new proposal would essentially require a double opt-in for HIV/AIDS instruction that addresses sexual orientation or gender identity. Additional permission would be needed for LGBTQ discussions in any other class.
An all-trans men football team in Manipur challenges male-female binary in sport, hopes for greater queer inclusion
Anvishamanral •Manipur's all-trans men football team is a counter to the male-female dichotomy in sport that doesn't provide enough space for queer participation.