Transgender Athletes
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Hockey, table tennis to go ahead in Alberta after figure skating opts out over trans lawHockey Canada and Table Tennis Canada say their events in Alberta will go ahead despite the province's law banning transgender athletes from female amateur sports.PoliticsDec 18
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Skate Canada to stop hosting events in Alberta due to sports gender lawSkate Canada says it is unable to host events in Alberta while maintaining its standards for safety and inclusivity.CanadaDec 16
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Alberta’s ‘Fairness and Safety in Sport Act’ criticized as misogynistic, transphobicOpponents of the Alberta government's new Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, which came into effect at the start of the new school year, call it 'misogynistic and transphobic.'EducationSep 5
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U.S. Olympic, Paralympic officials to comply with Trump ban on trans womenTransgender women athletes have been barred from competing in women's sports by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic committee, ahead of the Los Angeles Summer Games in 2028.U.S. NewsJul 23
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Maine ordered to ban transgender athletes in escalation of Trump fightThe U.S. Education Department said an investigation concluded Maine violated the Title IX antidiscrimination law by allowing transgender girls to compete on girls' sports teams.U.S. NewsMar 19
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B.C. basketball provincials moved from Abbotsford college following investigationB.C.'s basketball provincials are without a home following an investigation into allegations of harassment against a transgender athlete aimed at the original host school.SportsFeb 9
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Trump bans transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sportsUnited States President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women’s sports.U.S. NewsFeb 6
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Transgender skier worries Alberta bill would ban her from competingAlberta's United Conservative Party government introduced last week the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act. It has passed first reading in the legislature.PoliticsNov 8, 2024
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Alberta policy on trans athletes spurs discussion among people with stake in competitive sportsSmith suggested transgender athletes can have advantages over their cisgender competitors.CanadaFeb 2, 2024
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Female transgender athletes banned from women’s events by world cycling’s governing bodyThe UCI's decision came after American rider Austin Killips became the first openly transgender woman to win an official cycling event in May.SportsJul 14, 2023
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