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The Department of Education has given UPenn ten days to wipe out any records set by trans people, issue a formal apology, and agree to ban trans athletes going forward.
Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA women's national competition in Atlanta Thursday night.
A new documentary, Alone in the Game, interviews the Division I player, who remains anonymous.
By coming out, the backup offensive lineman is currently the only openly gay football player in Division I of the NCAA.
Derrick Gordon, the only out Division I basketball player, will be the first openly gay man to play in the NCAA's annual contest.Â
In an excerpt from his new book He/She/They, former NCAA Division I swimmer Schuyler Bailar discusses standing out, fitting in, and what it means to be a "real man."
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took a strong stand this weekend against a constitutional amendment to appear on California's ballot in November that would effectively overturn the state supreme court's recent decision legalizing same-sex marriage. In a letter to the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club read yesterday at the group's annual Pride Breakfast, Senator Obama wrote, "I am proud to join with and support the LGBT community in an effort to set our nation on a course that recognizes LGBT Americans with full equality under the law ... that is why I oppose the divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution, and similar efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution or those of other states."
This comes a month after the NBA pulled the All-Star Game from Charlotte in protest of House Bill 2.
The post was supposedly from one of Thomas's competitors.
The collegiate sports group has chosen these sites despite issuing a warning that states with such laws might not get to host championships.
Lia Thomas, the former University of Pennsylvania swimmer, is the first trans woman to win a Division 1 title.Â
Derrick Gordon made history Thursday as the first openly gay player in the NCAA tournament.
He says he fears a three-way race would lead to the election of Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.
"As a non-binary athlete navigating a very gendered world of athletics, it's easy to feel out of place," Hiltz said.
"Anyone that's told they can't compete or can't do something they love just because of who they are, it's not on," the Olympic champ said.
This activist is using his platform to stand up for transgender athletes and other marginalized communities.
