The University of Wyoming women’s volleyball team became the third team this year to forfeit a game against San Jose State University, who has a transgender player in their starting lineup.
ESPN is now under fire after being accused of firing “NFL Countdown” host Sam Ponder over her criticism of biological men who identify as transgender women that compete in female sports.
GOP Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, along with a Republican-led coalition, wrote to the NCAA organization and urged NCAA president Charlie Baker to update its policies so that transgender athletes, specifically biological men who identify as transgender women, would not be allowed to compete against biological female athletes.
Lia Thomas, a 6-foot-1 swimmer who identifies as a transgender woman, lost a legal battle to overturn regulations that prevented participation in elite women’s events after judges determined that Thomas lacked the necessary standing.
Former NCAA Division I swimmer Paula Scanlan, who was a teammate of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas at the University of Pennsylvania, testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee on Thursday.
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas prompted yet another controversy this week, but this time, Thomas was captured in a photograph wearing an ‘Antifa Super Solider’ tank top.
The House passed a bill aimed at preventing biological males from competing on female sports teams. This bill applies to transgender athletes across the country.
The inclusion of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in ESPN’s Women’s History Month program has been criticized by a former national champion college swimmer, who called the network “spineless.”