The NCAA announced a policy yesterday that clarifies their position on the participation of transgender student-athletes in sex-separated sports. The policy is largely based on recommendations included in On The Team: Equal Opportunities for Transgender Student-Athletes, which I am proud to have … [Read more...]
NCAA Adopts Policy for Including Transgender Athletes
The NCAA has approved a policy to govern athletics participation by transgender athletes who have transitioned to another sex. The new rule, which takes immediate effect, allows a transgender athlete who has transitioned from male to female to participate in women's sports after one year of hormone … [Read more...]
Title IX and Transgender Students at Single-Sex Colleges
Inside Higher Ed recently had an article about transgender students at single-sex colleges. Like this piece in the Boston Globe a few years ago, the article addresses the increasingly common practice of re-issuing diplomas to reflect the new names and gender identities of alums who transition after … [Read more...]
Transgender player Kye Allums leaves team
Kye Allums, the openly transgender member of the George Washington women's basketball team, has announced that he will not be playing his senior year.It is largely due to the two concussions he suffered this season, according to some sources. He has sustained eight during his career. He noted that … [Read more...]
The IOC draws a line in the sand of sex (But only for women)
On April 5 the International Olympic Committee released new rules for determining whether or not women who have higher than usual levels of naturally produced testosterone will be eligible to compete in women's sports. Though the IOC denies it, it seems likely that this clarification is motivated … [Read more...]
Two steps backwards for female athletes
2 Steps to Nowhere are Better Than 2 Steps Back Today I came across two articles in the New York Times related to female athletes and women's sport. Neither contains good news and in fact both articles highlight that despite gains made in the post Title IX era, female sport participation is still … [Read more...]
Law article seeks Title IX’s application to transgender student harassment
A law student's article in the Texas Review of Law and Politics Journal seeks to leverage Title IX's prohibition on sex discrimination to offer fully protection against harassment to transgender students. Citing statistics from GLSEN, the author, Tina Sohaili, points out that transgender are the … [Read more...]
Touching the cultural third rail of sports and gender
TweetMy "Outside the Lines" appearance Sunday prompted the … [Read more...]
Will it always be a cause; can it ever be a sport?
TweetThat's a question that comes up a lot in women's basketball and in women's sports in general, and it's one that I find fascinating but ultimately frustrating. This morning, hours before the Women's Final Four tipped off in Indianapolis, I appeared on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" program to … [Read more...]
New film on Renee Richards
At this year's Tribeca Film Festival, a new documentary about the life of Dr. Renee Richards will make its debut. ESPN sponsors its own sport film festival within the festival and Renee is one of the 33 films in the line up.The documentary explores "the story of Ren … [Read more...]