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Noa-Lynn van Leuven Becomes First Transgender Player To Win Women’s and Men’s Dart Competitions

Darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven has become the first transgender player to clinch both a PDC Women’s Series event and a Challenger Tour title against male competitors, which in turn, has sparked much debate. Hailing from the Netherlands, van Leuven’s claimed the £2,500 top prize at the challenger event in Germany, where she outclassed several male PDC event to claim …

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Transgender Player’s Impact In Women’s Rugby Sparks Complex Debate In Canada

A seasoned female rugby player from the Stoney Creek Camels senior women’s team has spoken out against trans players competing in the rugby women’s division after experiencing a tackle from a trans player during a match in Fergus, Ontario (Canada) in July. “We are women,” a female player who was on the receiving end of the tackle told the Toronto …

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Caitlyn Jenner Vocalises Disapproval After Transgender Teen Finishes 2nd In Track Race

Caitlyn Jenner has regularly spoken out against transgender women participating in women’s athletics. This past weekend, she vocalised her disapproval after a transgender teen finished in second place in a girls’ race at the CIF-North Coast Section Meet of Champions in California over the weekend. The transgender teen, Athena Ryan, came second in the varsity girls’ 1600m run finals on …

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Transgender Sprinter Halba Diouf’s Determined To Fight Olympic Ban

French sprinter Halba Diouf’s has expressed that she feels marginalised and hounded after the World Athletics (WA) announced in March that the WA governing body has banned transgender women who have gone through male puberty from competing in women’s events, leaving Diouf’s Olympic dreams shattered. WA explained their decision was based on the “need to protect the female category.” “I …

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Ladies Gaelic Football Association confirm rules surrounding Transgender players

The Ladies Gaelic Football Association has released it’s policy outlining their position in respect to the participation of trans women who transitioned, or are transitioning, from male to female, (‘Trans-women’) The LGFA state they are “committed to the inclusion” of transgender women and that it “will not tolerate any harassment or discrimination”. Players wishing to participate are required to make …

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Transgender women banned from swim competition, FIFA announces review of gender guidelines

The world swimming governing body ruled to ban transgender women from competing in the women’s category of events on June 20, according to Associated Press AP News.    FIFA announced it will be reviewing its gender guidelines, which may change transgender athletes eligibility to compete. This comes after FINA’s implementation of its “gender inclusion policy” and the suggestion of an …

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