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Trans Woman Swims Topless In Competition Against Men To Protest Against New Rule

67 YO trans woman stages silent protest by wearing a men's swimming costume during a meet in England because she's forced to compete against cis males

Bored Panda

What to know about the San Jose State volleyball team and why opponents are boycotting matches

The San Jose State University women’s volleyball team finds itself at the center of a storm around transgender participation in sports as it makes a run toward a conference title

The Independent UK

Caster Semenya returns to world athletics championships, but not in her pet event due to rules around testosterone levels

Caster Semenya switches to 5,000m because of hormone-treatment rules imposed upon her that she calls "an affront to the spirit of the sport".

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Caster Semenya is back, so is her sport's thorniest problem

South African runner Caster Semenya's surprise return to the world championships this week coincides with a new reckoning over the rules in track and field that regulate the participation of women with high natural testosterone in female events

The Independent UK

As Title IX turns 50, it plays a surprise role in transgender athlete access debate

On the spring day when Lia Thomas made history by winning an NCAA swimming championship as a transgender female, protesters gathered outside the arena to do what protesters normally do. Chant. Wave signs. Wear T-shirts with slogans.

Los Angeles Times

Decision time: why sport is struggling to deal with transgender row

Sporting bodies now have no choice but to address an issue which for years has been regarded as too dangerous to touch

The Guardian - UK

The IOC Has a New Trans-Inclusion Framework, but Is the Damage Already Done?

The testosterone-centered policies used at the Olympics aren’t just about elite sports. They trickle down to even the recreational and youth levels, and end up policing who gets to be a woman in women’s sports—and in society at large.

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