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The Olympics Are Coming!
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted July 17, 2012 at 9:08pm

The London Olympic Games begin in a little over a week so, of course, speculation begins about the number of openly LGBT athletes will be competing.  This Advocate articleidentifies a handful of openly lesbian and gay athletes who will be competing a...more

Saudi Sarah Attar Hopes Olympic Appearance Will Help More Women Get Involved in Sport
by Pretty Tough
posted July 16, 2012 at 11:21am

After a great deal of negotiation and speculation, Saudi Arabia has agreed to send female athletes to the Olympics for the first time. A judoka and an 800m runner will represent the ultra conservative kingdom in London later this month, t...more

OCR Enforcement of Title IX to Prevent Sexual Violence in Schools
by Title IX Blog
posted July 12, 2012 at 9:49am

Professor Joanna Grossman's latest column at Justicia.com looks at recent efforts by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to enforce Title IX's requirement that schools address sexual violence as part of their obligation not to discrimina...more

"We are used to thinking of disabled as less": The value of Pistorius
by The Rabbit Hole
posted July 11, 2012 at 9:32pm

Photo from Running Competitor. The Oscar Pistorius debate will soon be the conversation of every dinner table as the 2012 Summer Olympics nears closer.  The Huffington Post published a poll/article questioning whether or not his prosthetic limbs g...more

Undercurrent of homophobia still shapes women's sports
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 11, 2012 at 9:14pm

This piece is troublesome, on many levels:Heartening as Iamstrong’s story may be to gay-rights and social-equality advocates, it is not necessarily representative of women’s athletics, a world in which, contrary to public perception and mainst...more

Single-Sex Education in the News
by Title IX Blog
posted July 11, 2012 at 8:31pm

Nothing "new" is happening, but single-sex education has been in the news recently.  USA Today ran an article about it last weekend, and it seems other publications have reprinted it or otherwise picked up the ball (see here, here and here).  Th...more

Equal pay in tennis called into question
by Sports, Media & Society
posted July 8, 2012 at 9:04am

Tennis is one of the (few) sports where the prize money for men and women is equal at major tournaments – as of 2007, even at Wimbledon. Yet, five years later, it is precisely during the grass-court Grand Slam that equal pay comes into question.&nb...;more

Why I left the Olympic Training Center
by Pretty Strong
posted July 8, 2012 at 9:00am

I have read in a few places that part of my financial struggles have been placed there by myself by not being a resident at the Olympic Training Center. Here's why I left. As soon as my track career was over, I made the decision to switch over to weight...more

Why Isn't Women’s Canoe in the Olympics?
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 6, 2012 at 11:55am

Abby Hoffman, the famous Canadian sports icon wrote the following in the Ottawa Citizen in reference to the  1996 Olympic Games:           “There is no excuse for perpetuating the blatant sexism that persists at...more

Ball State Settles Retaliation Case for over $700,000
by Title IX Blog
posted June 28, 2012 at 4:04pm

The last time we wrote about former tennis coach Kathy Bull's retaliation case against Ball State University, it was to report that her Title IX claim against the university had survived a motion to dismiss, allowing the case to proceed to trial.  Of...more

Marquette Sports Law Review Publishes Title IX Symposium Issue
by Title IX Blog
posted June 28, 2012 at 4:03pm

Marquette Sports Law Review has published its Title IX Symposium issue, which includes an article that Kris and I co-authored about Title IX's equal treatment requirement, using examples from this blog to help explore and explain why that aspect of Title ...more

"We Grew Wings", The Story of the Championship level University of Oregon's Women's Track & Field team.
by carabyrd
posted June 25, 2012 at 11:33am

In the culture of track and field and especially distance running it is unusual to find anyone who has not heard of Prefontaine and furthermore the history of the University of Oregon men’s track and field teams.  With the 40th anniversary of T...more

Happy birthday, Title IX
by They're Playing Basketball
posted June 24, 2012 at 5:49pm

I spent much of the day at The League - a Los Angeles adult women's basketball league - watching some of my kids, and other players I know, play ball. A fitting way to spend my time on Title IX's 40th anniversary.Happy anniversary to all female athletes. ...more

In Honor of Those Who Pushed for the Right of Girls to Play
by Pretty Tough
posted June 24, 2012 at 5:38pm

As many of you may know, the anniversary of Title IX is TODAY. While this piece of legislation sought to grant equal opportunities for both boys and girls in all federal funded programs, it made the most impact in the world of sports. Before 1972 it was r...more

Nine Title IX 40th Anniversary Links: Reflecting On Progress Made & Progress Yet To Come
by Swish Appeal
posted June 24, 2012 at 5:36pm

There are literally thousands of articles about Title IX floating around lately and I'm not going to claim I've read all of them. But the following nine offer a good sampling of where we've been, where we are now, and what we still have yet to achieve. ...more

Happy Birthday, Title IX!
by Title IX Blog
posted June 24, 2012 at 5:33pm

What are you doing to celebrate?The Title IX Bloggers led our friends in a 40-mile bike ride to commemorate the day.  We had some uphill climbs in the first half of the ride, which we attributed to the Tower Amendment and the Reagan years, and came u...more

Third Generation of Title IX: I have always felt qualified to compete
by Fair Game News
posted June 23, 2012 at 10:38am

By Molly Lynch Title IX has always existed for me, and sports have always been part of my life. In kindergarten, I played YMCA soccer. By third grade, I was on my town’s travel team. Throughout elementary school, we played “girls vs. boys&rd...;more

Participate: I Can Because They Did
by stephaniemp
posted June 23, 2012 at 10:30am

    I cannot imagine feeling unwelcomed to play sports. Being an athlete has been the largest part of me since I put on my shin guards and hot pink socks before every soccer game as an 8 year old. Playing with the Pink Panther’s soccer...more

Reflect on the Past, Champion the Next 40 Years of Title IX
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted June 23, 2012 at 10:17am

Author:  Annie Butts, NACWAA Membership & Advocacy Intern NACWAA is dedicated to empowering, developing and advancing the success of women in athletics. On this 40th anniversary of Title IX, we pay tribute to the trailblazers...more

40 Years and Counting: Title IX and the Road to Equality
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted June 20, 2012 at 2:18pm

This week we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the passage of Title IX.  For anyone who still does not know what Title IX is – it’s a federal law passed in 1972 that prohibits sex discrimination in education.  Perhaps the biggest are...more

The fight for women and girls in sport did not end with Title IX
by Caitlin Constantine
posted June 19, 2012 at 10:20pm

Title IX has undoubtedly accomplished amazing things for female athletes, but there is still work to be done....more

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