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Trans Swimmers Are Not Here To ‘Dominate’ And ‘Rob’ Your Cis Faves Of Medals, They’re Here To Swim

International Swimming Federation FINA has decided to segregate trans swimmers.

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Transgender swimming ban: Cate Campbell backs Fina restrictions

Australia’s Olympic champion has supported the vote as Maddie Groves calls the policy shift ‘discriminatory and unscientific’

The Guardian - AU

Nadine Dorries welcomes Fina ruling on transgender athletes

Swimming’s world governing body is eyeing an open competition category in which athletes can compete irrespective of their sex or gender identity

The Independent UK

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Campbell's pain at swim transgender rule

Australian swim great Cate Campbell says her support for restricting transgender swimmers may anger an already marginalised community.

AAP

World swimming adopts new policy for transgender athletes

The 24-page policy also includes proposals for a new “open competition” category

The Hindu

The world swimming body effectively bans transgender women from women's events

The decision was the latest salvo in an ongoing fight over whether trans athletes should compete according to their gender identity or their sex assigned at birth.

WEKU

Cate Campbell uses speech to FINA to back restriction on transgender athletes in women's elite swimming

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Cate Campbell encourages inclusion in swimming while supporting restrictions on transgender athletes during a speech to FINA.

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The Loop: World swimming's transgender ban, child protection 'broken' in Australia, and Logies winners

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Allison Bailey case is a microcosm of the wider debate about transgender rights

Barrister’s unlawful discrimination case sees levels of engagement rare for an employment tribunal

The Guardian - UK

Transgender swimmers must prove childhood transition

Transgender swimmers will be required to prove they did not go through puberty as a male before transitioning to a female.

The New Daily

Transgender women swimmers barred from female competitions by Fina

New policy states that transgender women who have experienced ‘any part of male puberty’ cannot compete in female events following the report of a scientific panel

The Guardian - UK

World swimming bans transgender athletes from women's events

World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s events

The Independent UK

FINA restricts transgender women from elite swimming competitions

The new policy requires trans athletes to have transitioned by age 12 to be eligible for elite competitions.

Axios

Fina votes to ban transgender swimmers from women’s elite events if they went through male puberty

Lia Thomas will be ineligible to compete in the women’s category with immediate effect

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Transgender swimmers barred from female events if they went through male puberty

The move means Lia Thomas, who in March became the first transgender swimmer to win a major US national college title, will be ineligible to compete.

Evening Standard

FINA votes to restrict transgender women from elite swimming competition

FINA, the world governing body for swimming, has voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women’s competitions.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Title IX update faces polarized challenges

At least 19 states have passed laws or adopted rules that either bar or limit participation in sports by transgender athletes

The Independent UK

Title IX's next battle: The rights of transgender athletes

The law known as Title IX has influenced athletics in the United States for 50 years

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How Biden’s LGBTQ order could affect Florida’s laws and policies

Florida was front and center when President Joe Biden signed an historic executive order to protect transgender and non-binary kids from state laws that strip them of protection and inclusion.

Bangkok Post

Three charges pressed in trans murder case

SURIN: Police have pressed three charges against a Lithuanian man in connection with the death of his transgender girlfriend whose body was found in a locked room at her house in Prasat district.

USAFacts

Sixteen laws restricting the LGBTQ community passed in 2022

At least 11 states passed laws restricting access to healthcare or public facilities, or discussion of gender issues in schools or workplaces.

Tribune News Service

Texas Attorney General Paxton cannot intervene in suit with Dallas hospital over transgender care, judge decides

AUSTIN, Texas — The state of Texas cannot intervene in a lawsuit between Children’s Medical Center Dallas and one of its doctors over gender-affirming care for trans patients, a Dallas judge decided Friday.

Bangkok Post

Rites for Surin murder victim, police questioning foreign suspect

SURIN: Funeral rites began on Friday for a transgender woman found murdered at her house in Prasat district on Wednesday as the prime suspect, a Lithuanian man arrested in Chon Buri, arrived back in Surin under police escort.

The Independent UK

UCI doubles qualifying period for transgender cyclists to compete

Under new regulations the time frame has been increased from 12 months to 24 months.

Chicago Sun-Times

Elise Malary, trans activist found in Lake Michigan, drowned but manner of death remains undetermined, autopsy finds

Malary’s disappearance on March 11 sparked a massive search for the 31-year-old, who was hailed as a pillar of Chicago’s transgender and queer communities.

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