Austin Killips, who became the first openly transgender female to win an official Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) stage race earlier this year, spoke out Sunday night about the sport’s governing body’s new policies regarding trans participation in women’s events. The UCI came
Veronica Ivy, a Canadian cyclist who became the first transgender woman to win a world track cycling championship, took issue with the sport’s governing body’s updated policy on transgender athletes’ participation in women’s events. Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) released its new policy
Russia’s State Duma on Friday passed a bill banning transgender medical procedures as lawmakers say they want to protect the country’s “traditional values.” The bill was strengthened and passed unanimously in its third and final reading in the lower house of parliament.
More than two months after defending its rules on the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced Friday that trans cyclists will now be banned from competing in all international women’s events. The UCI, the world governing
Na Hwa-rin, a biological male, says she felt at just the age of 7 that she should have been born a female. Na, 37, transitioned last year, and is now officially recognized as a woman under South Korean law. A lifelong cyclist,
Lawmakers in Russia have advanced a measure that would further restrict transgender rights Thursday. Transgender people would not be able to become adoptive or foster parents under the legislation. The bill is expected to receive final approval as the Russian government aims
O.J. Simpson waded into the waters of transgender participation in women’s sports on Tuesday after U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe said she would welcome a trans athlete on the national team. Simpson, who was charged in the 1994 murders of his former
Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that restrictions imposed by a government ministry on a transgender female employee’s use of restrooms at her workplace are illegal, in a landmark decision that could promote the rights of LGBTQ+ people in a country without legal
A prominent cycling event announced changes to its category policy on Friday weeks after transgender competitor Austin Killips’ win created a stir on social media. The Belgian Waffle Ride saw Killips win in Henderson, North Carolina, back in June. After criticism online,
A transgender woman has been crowned as Miss Universe Netherlands for the first time. Rikkie Kolle, 22, took the top prize at the pageant on Saturday, July 8, essentially making her the de facto Miss Netherlands. She will now come up against