Gender identity

On Title IX's 50th, USOPC seeks accord on transgender policy

By Eddie Pells Jun. 23, 2022 05:56 PM EDT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The biggest gathering of the year for U.S. Olympic policymakers fell on Thursday, the 50th anniversary of Title IX. Not surprisingly,...

FILE - World Athletics President Sebastian Coe leaves the Court of Arbitration for Sport after a hearing of South Africa's two-time Olympic 800-meter champion runner Caster Semenya, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Feb. 18, 2019. Bans on transgender women in international swimming and rugby this week opened the door for track and field to consider following suit in what could turn into a wave of policy changes in Olympic sports. The announcement Sunday, June 19, 2022, by swimming's governing body, FINA, was followed quickly by a show of support from World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, who was in Hungary for the swimming world championships. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Swimming's new transgender policy could impact other sports

By Eddie Pells Jun. 22, 2022 04:57 PM EDT

FILE - University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. World swimming’s governing body has adopted new rules for transgender athletes, only permitting swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events. FINA members voted 71.5% in favor of the new “gender inclusion policy” at the organization’s extraordinary general congress on Sunday, June 19, 2022. Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Column: FINA ban casts storm clouds on transgender athletes

By Paul Newberry Jun. 20, 2022 06:51 PM EDT

FILE - Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas speaks to her coach after winning the 500 meter freestyle during a meet with Harvard on Jan. 22, 2022, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. In an interview that aired Tuesday, May 31, 2022, on ABC's “Good Morning America,” Thomas disputed those who say she has an unfair biological edge that ruins the integrity of female athletics. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

Lia Thomas plans to keep swimming - with an eye on Olympics

May. 31, 2022 06:20 PM EDT

FILE - South African long distance athlete Caster Semenya (176) runs on her way to winning the 5,000 meters at the South African national championships in Pretoria, South Africa, April 15, 2021. A British newspaper has reported that double Olympic champion Semenya said she offered to show her body to track officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female. (AP Photo/Christiaan Kotze/File)

Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body

By Gerald Imray May. 23, 2022 07:45 PM EDT

University of Pennsylvania transgender athlete Lia Thomas competes in the 500-yard freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Column: Lia Thomas sparks all sorts of conflicting thoughts

By Paul Newberry Mar. 18, 2022 04:34 PM EDT

Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy Leduc, of the United States, compete in the pairs short program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

LeDuc skates as 1st openly nonbinary US Winter Olympian

By Sally Ho Feb. 18, 2022 10:01 AM EST

Olympics Live: China pair breaks figure skating world record

Feb. 17, 2022 08:39 PM EST

Ashley Cain-Gribble, right, and Timothy LeDuc acknowledge the applause during the pairs short program competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)

LeDuc to become 1st openly nonbinary US Winter Games athlete

By Dave Skretta Feb. 02, 2022 03:44 AM EST

Washington Spirit forward Ashley Hatch, left, heads the ball in front of OL Reign midfielder Quinn in the second half in the semifinals of the NWSL soccer playoffs Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

IOC transgender guidelines hailed but questions remain

By Steve Mcmorran Nov. 19, 2021 12:32 AM EST

IOC gives sports new advice on transgender athlete rules

Nov. 16, 2021 03:15 PM EST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Aiming to help sports write eligibility rules for transgender athletes, the IOC published advice Tuesday shifting the focus from...

Skating body sets out criteria for transgender competitors

Aug. 16, 2021 10:47 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Skating Union has detailed eligibility criteria for transgender athletes looking to take part in its events,...