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'This is people's lives': Vancouver Rise soccer star Quinn continues trans advocacy
A Canadian soccer star is speaking out about the need to make sports safe for trans athletes — and the world safer for trans people — as restrictive laws come into effect across North America.
#Sports #Olympics #SummerSports #Athletics #Track
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/transgender-advocacy-quinn-international-olympic-committee-9.7144173?cmp=rss

P Gurgel-Segrillo 21h ago

more reason to #BoycottTheOlympics🏳️‍⚧️

Olympics bans transgender women from female category

"The move revives sex testing, which was previously dropped in part due to the emotional distress inflicted upon female athletes who discovered their biological makeup was actually more complicated than they were aware of."

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/26/olympics-bans-transgender-women-from-female-category

#misogyny #TransRights #TransAthletes #TransWomenAreWomen #LGBTQIA #FuckTrump #FuckMAGA #olympics

Olympics bans transgender women from female category

The move revives sex testing, which was previously dropped in part due to the emotional distress inflicted upon female athletes.

Axios

The Progressive Mar 2

The weaponization of Title IX to exclude trans women does not remedy the many disparities for women in sports; instead, it exacerbates them.
#transrights #transathletes #education
https://progressive.org/op-eds/san-jose-state-university-should-fight-ruling-on-trans-athletes-howard-thielestrong-20260227/

San José State University Should Fight Ruling on Trans Athletes

The weaponization of Title IX to exclude trans women does not remedy the many disparities for women in sports; instead, it exacerbates them.

Progressive.org

Advocate.com Feb 25

Gov. Gavin Newsom again under fire for comments on trans athletes & pronouns

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/gavin-newsom-pronouns

DoomsdaysCW Feb 10

'There's no reason to ban us from playing': Analysis debunks notion that #transgender women have inherent physical advantages in sports

A meta-analysis of 52 studies that included over 5,000 transgender people suggests that transgender women's physical fitness after hormone therapy is comparable to that of cisgender women.

By Nicoletta Lanese, Kristina Killgrove published February 7, 2026

Excerpt: "When normalized for height, 'transgender women, after gender-affirming hormone therapy, do not show greater strength or aerobic capacity than cisgender women,' Gualano said. That included both upper and lower-body strength."

https://www.livescience.com/health/theres-no-reason-to-ban-us-from-playing-analysis-debunks-notion-that-transgender-women-have-inherent-physical-advantages-in-sports

#LGBTQ #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransgenderRights #TransWomen #TransAthletes

'There's no reason to ban us from playing': Analysis debunks notion that transgender women have inherent physical advantages in sports

A meta-analysis of 52 studies that included over 5,000 transgender people suggests that transgender women's physical fitness after hormone therapy is comparable to that of cisgender women.

Live Science