Queer runner Caster Semenya wins again in court against athletic body that sidelined her
The cisgender Olympian with naturally high testosterone has fought for years against a World Athletics decision that kicked her to the sidelines.
JULY 10, 2025
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World Athletics Seeks Stricter Rules for Transgender Women
The sports organization may require lower testosterone levels than current rules allow.
JANUARY 31, 2023
Caster Semenya and the Race for Sex Definition
A race has a definite beginning and end. Sex and gender do not.
AUGUST 19, 2016
Bias Against Caster Semenya Shows Measuring 'Womanhood' Is Impossible
Sporting officials need to stop using testosterone as the final word on gender.
MAY 2, 2019
New Olympic Guidelines Aim for Greater Trans Inclusion
The International Olympic Committee's new framework scraps blanket testosterone limits in favor of letting each sport's governing body determine eligibility for trans and intersex athletes.
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Melania Trump attacks trans athletes in memoir as 'deepening the divisions in our society'
The former first lady singled out transgender athletes in her new book, Melania: A Memoir.
OCTOBER 9, 2024
USA Boxing issues strict rules on trans inclusion, but conservatives still complain
The organization will require genital surgery and monitoring of testosterone levels.
JANUARY 4, 2024
Gold Medalist Caster Semenya Displays Grace Under Pressure
In a press conference with the medalists in the 800-meter race, journalists tried to focus the conversation on testosterone levels. The out South African runner pushed back.
AUGUST 23, 2016
Op-ed: Stop Freaking Out About Female Intersex Athletes
The scientific authorities have said multiple times that intersex women don't have an advantage in athletics. So won't the sporting authorities just let them play?
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
Penises Are Growing Bigger Fast: Study
A new study has found that globally men have bigger penises now than they did thirty years ago.
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Terrorist threat stops Nashville disc golf tournament with transgender player
Somebody threatened violence against Natalie Ryan over her participation in the 2024 Music City Open.
APRIL 25, 2024
Transgender Women Athletes Banned from World Athletics Track Events
LGBTQ+ rights groups have slammed the decision as discriminatory.
MARCH 26, 2023
Regulations Put Caster Semenya's Olympic Future In Jeopardy
The running legend is being taken to task for her elevated testosterone levels.
APRIL 26, 2018
Caster Semenya Wins Measured Victory at European Court of Human Rights
The court says Semenya suffered discrimination because of her high natural testosterone level, but it did not strike down the regulations World Athletics imposes on women athletes.
JULY 12, 2023
Gay Marriage, Monogamy, and the Lure of Open Relationships
How do queer men navigate an institution not designed for them? Therapist Michael Dale Kimmel offers clues in his new book, The Gay Man's Guide to Open and Monogamous Marriage. Check out an exclusive excerpt below.
JUNE 29, 2017
Ordered to Compete with Men, Trans Woman Sues CrossFit
The fitness giant ignores decades of research supporting the 34-year-old CrossFit athlete, relegating her to the men's division.
MARCH 10, 2014