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Clay Travis is using a school shooting to promote transphobiaThe reality of this world is that everyone with influence is not going to treat it with the respect that they should. Influence is a form of power. Of the many lessons I’ve learned in ⅓ of a century on this planet is that when people finally grasp a bit of power, many of them have only two goals: To...

Trans women are not destroying women’s sportsThe policies to determine someone’s “biological sex” are getting weirder and weirder — not to mention illogical. Just this month Florida tried to institute a policy to track the period data of female students, only dropping the idea after severe backlash. There are many reasons a cis girl might not ...

Carl Nassib came out to help a movement push forwardWhen Ryan O’Callaghan decided to come out as openly gay, for him it was supposed to be the end of the world. He thought that he would lose everything. His family, his friends, his career, it would all be over with so his plan in 2011 was to kill himself after the conclusion of his NFL career. ...

The next 50 years of Title IX will focus on the female trans athlete

Society once felt a way about new facilities and amenities for female athletes. Those same feelings are here again with trans athletes....

The Ohio GOP would like to ‘inspect’ your daughters’ genitals

Ohio’s ban on trans youth in sports is the epitome of the conservative culture war on the LGBTQ community. Their obsession has reached pathological levels. Last week, Ohio’s Republican-dominated House approved a bill requiring genital inspections to prevent transgender female athletes from competing...

Lia Thomas is first trans athlete to win a NCAA title

Lia Thomas became first known transgender athlete to win a Division I national championship in any sport after finishing the 500-yard freestyle for Penn. yesterday in four minutes and 33.24 seconds, defeating Virginia freshman Emma Weyant to take home the gold for the Quakers....

USWNT shows their support for transgender youth in Texas, following governor’s letter

The United States Women’s National Team was in Texas last night, which could not have come at a better time after news went viral from the state’s governor’s office....

Carl Nassib’s history-making moment deserved better

Last night, Carl Nassib became the first openly gay player to take the field in the four major sports for the Las Vegas Raiders. He capped off that night by forcing the fumble from Lamar Jackson that would eventually win the game for Vegas, 33-27, though the Raiders tried their best to give it away....