Category: transgender athletes

Riley Gaines Speaks at Tennessee ‘Save Women’s Sports’ Event

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—If female swimmers had all boycotted rather than race against a man, transgender swimmer Lia Thomas would never have entered the pool, said former professional swimmer Riley Gaines. Speaking to a crowd of over 100 at an April 27 “Our Spaces/Our Sports: Women Hold the Line” event in Nashville, Tennessee, Gaines said that if…


Female Athletes Should Boycott Sports To Shut Out Biological Males Competing as Transgender, Activist Says

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—If female swimmers all had boycotted, rather than race against a biological man, transgender swimmer Lia Thomas never would have entered the pool, says former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines. “Boycott—if we can orchestrate that in any capacity—that’s an effective way to make change,” Gaines said at an event in Nashville, Tennessee on…


Female Athletes Outraged as Proposed Title IX Rule Change Threatens to Push Them out of Competition

A national conservative watchdog group is encouraging people to flood an online page of the Federal Register with comments about a proposed rule change to Title IX. If adopted, the change to the federal civil rights law would guarantee the right of male students identifying as females to participate in girls’ sports, in most cases….


House Republican Women Tout Passage of Bill Barring Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports

Women in the House Republican caucus celebrated the passage of a bill on Thursday that would bar athletes born as male from competing in sports designated for women and girls. The bill, H.R. 734—the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023″—states that it is a violation of Title IX of the Education…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (April 20): Trump Touts Florida Support, DeSantis on Defense; House Passes Trans Athlete Ban for Female Sports

Former President Donald Trump on April 20 touted endorsements from Florida on Truth Social. He received the endorsements just days after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Washington, D.C., in an effort to garner congressional support for a potential presidential bid. Meanwhile, an appeals court temporarily halted a planned deposition of former Trump prosecutor Mark Pomerantz,…


NTD Evening News (April 20): Trump Touts Florida Support, DeSantis on Defense; House Passes Trans Athlete Ban for Female Sports

Former President Donald Trump on April 20 touted endorsements from Florida on Truth Social. He received the endorsements just days after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Washington, D.C., in an effort to garner congressional support for a potential presidential bid. Meanwhile, an appeals court temporarily halted a planned deposition of former Trump prosecutor Mark Pomerantz,…


House Passes Bill Barring Transgender Athletes from Women’s Sports

The House of Representatives passed a bill on April 20 that would prohibit taxpayer-funded institutions from allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s and girls’ sports in schools. The vote tally fell along party lines, 219–203. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, H.R. 734, introduced by Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), would amend…


Biden Says He Will Veto Bill Protecting Female Sports

The Biden administration has announced that the president will veto the H.R. 734 bill that seeks to protect female sports from transgender athletes. H.R. 734, also known as “The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” was introduced by Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and is expected to come to vote in the House this…


Transgender Athlete Barred from Australian Women’s Basketball League

Transgender athlete Lexi Rodgers has been barred from playing in the NBL1 South women’s basketball league in the Australian state of Victoria. The decision was handed down by an expert panel after former NBA star Andrew Bogut broke the news of Rodgers’ involvement. In a statement on April 18, Basketball Australia said former AFL Chief…


Biden Threatens to Veto GOP Bill Barring Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports

The White House announced on April 17 that President Joe Biden “strongly opposes” and would veto a bill that would prohibit taxpayer-funded institutions from allowing biological men to compete in women’s sports. The bill would “amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with [T]itle IX of such Act…