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Go LPGA!
by After Atalanta
posted December 2, 2010 at 12:06pm

So, as somewhat expected, the LPGA players voted to eliminate the organization's "female at birth" participation policy. Yesterday the group decided, prompted by the recent lawsuit by Lana Lawless, to change its ways.So, yea!I don't have much more to say ...more

More on gender and sport in the not-so-binary system
by After Atalanta
posted November 30, 2010 at 6:40pm

USA Today ran this piece focusing on Lana Lawless, or rather leading with the golfer's story, but extending the discussion to gender in sport, i.e. when gender is not so neatly packaged. The LPGA was scheduled to gather for a players' meeting in which the...more

Coming out, being queer--and sport, of course
by After Atalanta
posted November 28, 2010 at 6:15pm

Oh gender and sexual identity, how you confound me! But in that good way I so enjoy.Three things--but one thing--but kind of three.Where to begin?Well I've been thinking about queerness and homonormativity and voice and visibility of late. And not always ...more

Props to the LPGA
by After Atalanta
posted November 24, 2010 at 10:12am

Well I take back all my previous criticisms of the LPGA.Ok, I don't exactly take them back. But I give the organization--now under new leadership--major props, praise, and applause.It appears that the recent lawsuit brought by golfer Lana Lawless challeng...more

LPGA set to allow transgender women to play
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted November 23, 2010 at 7:47pm

On October 13, I posted a story about Lana Lawson who is a transgender woman suing the LPGA for the right to play in LPGA sponsored events. Currently LPGA competitions are restricted to golfers who are “female at birth” effectively excluding transgend...more

Monday dribble: Gender busting, rankings, and streaking
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted November 23, 2010 at 10:33am

Positive strides for gender empowerment were made last week. Well, "positive" if you share a similar liberal view. Others watching Kye Allums help his women's basketball team win, legend Nancy Lieberman coach men, or Daisy Lane officiate an NBA D-League g...more

Gender, transgender and women’s basketball
by Byline to Finish Line
posted November 16, 2010 at 9:06pm

There are times when it’s not easy being a female athlete. There are times when you’re criticized for being too muscular, too aggressive, acting and playing too much like a guy. Ah, but go too far the other way, emphasize your femininity, and you’...more

How do we talk about her...um, him....or is it her?
by After Atalanta
posted November 15, 2010 at 8:52pm

I guess I should be okay with the fact that the worst (that we've heard of) that has happened to George Washington's Kye Allums after his announcement of his gender change is that the media doesn't quite know how to talk about him.Nevertheless, confusion ...more

Women Talk Sports Weekly Radio Show #5 - Talking Transgender Student Athletes with Pat Griffin
by mhueter
posted November 14, 2010 at 2:47pm

This week, we'll be talking with Dr. Pat Griffin, former director of It Takes a Team! education campaign for LGBT issues in sport at the Women's Sports Foundation. On October 4, 2010, Dr. Griffin released a groundbreaking report titled On The Team: Equal ...more

2 Important Firsts in Sport for Marginalized Groups
by One Sport Voice
posted November 13, 2010 at 12:03pm

1. Afghanistan is poised to get their first national women’s team. The sport will be cricket and the Afghanistan Cricket Board feels cricket will allow the women to play a sport but remain consistent with Islamic tradition and values. To read more about...more

The wasted cultural obsessions of women’s sports
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted November 7, 2010 at 2:36pm

Forgive my tardiness in getting around to the case of Kye Allums, who plays for the women’s basketball team at George Washington University and is in the midst of a female-to-male transgender process. I was waiting for the tidal wave of coverage about ...more

Time to get transgender competion rules right
by Fair Game News
posted November 5, 2010 at 4:29pm

By Laura Pappano On the surface, Kye Allums – the transgendered male playing on GW women’s basketball team – doesn’t present complications for the NCAA. Allums is, biologically speaking, female. He has not undergone physical transformation, incl...more

Gender identity: Great timing
by After Atalanta
posted November 4, 2010 at 4:51pm

I am in San Diego getting ready to give a presentation on genderqueer athletes playing women's sports--just two days after news that Kye Allums, who plays on George Washington University's women's basketball team, has just come out as transgender. The new...more

GWU’s Kye Allums, transgender man, plays women’s basketball
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 4, 2010 at 4:02pm

Kye Allums, a player on the women’s basketball team at the George Washington University, announced yesterday that he is transgender, meaning that he is biologically female but identifies and lives as a man. This makes Kye, previously known as Kay-Kay A...more

Including transgender athletes on school teams: A story we will hear more often
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted November 1, 2010 at 3:52pm

Outsports.com has just posted a story about a player on the George Washington University women’s basketball team who identifies as a man. The story is Kye Allums’ public coming out as a transgender man. The team and coach have known of and accepted K...more

Male or Female? Where Do We Draw the Line in Sport?
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted October 16, 2010 at 12:15pm

Here is an excellent ESPN Outside the Lines feature on intersex athletes. Alice Dreger’s comments, in particular, are thought-provoking and a must read for anyone in athletics grappling with policy development related to the participation of athletes wh...more

No transfolk on the LPGA
by After Atalanta
posted October 14, 2010 at 11:58am

Not sure why I thought the LPGA was allowing MTFs play on the tour. The USGA has adopted a policy governing the participation of transgender people, as has other international golf organizations. Mianne Bagger, a woman who was born a biological male, play...more

LPGA’s transgender ban subject of lawsuit
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted October 13, 2010 at 4:59pm

In The New York Times, Katie Thomas details the lawsuit retired police officer Lana Lawless has filed against the LPGA for banning potential competitors like her who are not born female. Among the other targets of her legal action — and I’m not makin...more

Report urges equal opportunity for transgender athletes
by Title IX Blog
posted October 6, 2010 at 6:13pm

The National Center for Lesbian Rights and the Women's Sports Foundation recently teamed up to tackle the barriers transgender student athletes face when seeking to participate in sex-segregated sports. A report released this week, authored by NCLR's He...more

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