trans athletes
This Seattle-based softball team was created for trans and non-binary players
The Puget Sound Pronouns are built in the image of their founder, who makes plays on the diamond, and wants to do the same in the community.
All-trans soccer team set for history on the pitch on Trans Day of Visibility
TRUK United FC to meet regional league side Dulwich Hamlet FC for a historic match, March 31.
Lia Thomas and Iszac Henig will compete in the NCAA Division 1 swim championships
They will be the first out trans athletes to compete at a Division 1 championship meet in NCAA history.
How trans athletes and allies are aiding Denmark’s drive for inclusion
This week’s edition of the Trans Sporter Room features a dynamic duo who are working on trans inclusion in Denmark.
NCAA changes its policy on trans inclusion to mirror the Olympics
The policy, which will be adopted immediately, could bring a new twist to the Lia Thomas saga.
Outsports Transgender Athlete Advocate of the Year: Alana McLaughlin
The MMA fighter seeks to continue Fallon Fox’s legacy, but also opened her first fight leaving a special legacy of her own.
Trans sports advocate Kirsti Miller is bullish on IOC’s new framework
The Australian athlete-turned-trans advocate feels the new direction will pay dividends throughout sports
Trans wrestling trailblazer Amber Jo is going for her first championship belt
Nearly two years after her debut, she’s slated for a title match on Transgender Day of Remembrance.
After two years, Team Trans is getting back on the ice
The groundbreaking all-transgender hockey team is slated to play a series in Madison, Wisc. during Trans Awareness Week.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs restrictions on trans student-athletes into law
HB25 makes the state the 10th since last year to pass laws to limit participation
Taylor Edelmann applies pioneering past to help the future
When the NCAA opened competition to transgender student-athletes in 2011, Edelmann was among the first to play
Caitlyn Jenner has work to do after betraying trans athletes during her campaign
With her gubernatorial hopes in tatters, it’s time for Jenner to do right by the trans athletes she threw under the bus.
Quinn’s Olympics: They made history and they had game
Quinn is trans non-binary Canadian midfielder made history. They also made plays that helped Canada mine Olympic gold
Alana McLaughlin: ‘I want to pick up the mantle that Fallon put down,’ with fight postponed due to COVID
Seven years after Fallon Fox left the ring, McLaughlin readies for her MMA debut and talked about how Fox inspires her efforts, on The Trans Sporter Room.
Team Canada’s Quinn makes Olympic history
The veteran midfielder became the first out non-binary transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Games.
Inclusion in sports is on a hot streak during Pride 2021, and this week was huge
From the ball fields and pitches, to the upcoming Olympics, courage is again proving to be contagious.
Trans weightlifter Laurel Hubbard selected for New Zealand Olympic team
The weightlifter is the second out transgender person preparing for Tokyo, and maybe will be the first to compete.
Hailey Davidson makes pro golf history as she shines against the odds
The first transgender golfer to win a pro tournament is aiming for a bid to earn her LPGA tour card for 2022.
Pull For Pride grant campaign supports trans, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex athletes
The Trans Sporter Room highlights the pioneering powerlifting grassroots effort taking applications for grants through June 25.
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Trans girls deserve to play sports aligned with their gender identity
The Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill weighs-in on the trans athlete debate.
We’re celebrating trans sports heroes on this TDoV
Outsports, in partnership with NCLR, introduced a new series of awards to pay tribute to transgender athletes, coaches and others working to give every trans competitor a chance to fulfill their dream.
Basketball coach Layne Ingram is our Coaching Triumph Award winner
The Triumph Awards, in partnership with NCLR, honor college basketball coach Layne Ingram, whose passion for basketball, trans rights and social justice make him a role model.
Hammered by conservatives, South Dakota Gov. offers to build a ‘coalition’ to expand bans on trans student-athletes
Kristi Noem defends her ‘style and form’ veto while touting a new initiative to ‘Defend Title IX Now.’
These two out college runners are demanding NCAA stand up for trans rights
Alana Bojar and Aliya Schenck spearheaded a letter to the NCAA pushing for the organization to pull championship events from states engaged in anti-trans legislation.
New research paints a more complex picture of transgender sports advantage
The Loughborough University paper explains that the question of competitive advantage of trans women is complex and requires further study.
‘Trans women are women and that is that:’ JayCee Cooper plays offense in transgender athlete debate
Trans powerlifter JayCee Cooper notes sport is a human right in a TV interview.
Why Marcellus Wiley is wrong about trans athletes
President Biden’s LGBTQ executive order said a lot, but some focused on what they thought it said, but didn’t, including a TV sports host.
LGBTQ Sports winners and losers for this new era
Events on the world stage have overshadowed these last seven days of LGBTQ sports.
LGBTQ athletes launch TikTok campaign for Sports Equality
Sports Equality Foundation launched a TikTok account in partnership with Outsports to encourage LGBTQ athletes to be their true and authentic selves.
Trans teen Bobby Jones came out, stood out and spoke out for inclusion
A soccer-mad trans teen in soccer-mad metro Seattle made one of the great plays of 2020 and made the pitch more open
Montana’s anti-trans bill faces staunch opposition in hearing
The ACLU helped lead the opposition to HB112, which has been dubbed a ‘carbon copy’ of Idaho’s anti-trans legislation.
A Letter To President Biden
A transgender American’s challenge to, and hopes for, the new administration in Washington, D.C.
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