Alaska House committee advances, expands proposal to bar trans girls from girls sports
Amended bill would add elementary, middle school and collegiate sports to limits in place for high school
By Claire Stremple, Alaska Beacon - April 16, 2024Amended bill would add elementary, middle school and collegiate sports to limits in place for high school
By Claire Stremple, Alaska Beacon - April 16, 2024‘We are seeing white nationalist groups use anti-LGBTQ bigotry to build political power,’ said an expert on white nationalism.
By Casey Quinlan - June 27, 2022The Florida Republican senator has been a fierce critic of both the National Basketball Association and the Chinese government.
By Josh Israel - March 31, 2022Transgender sports bans have spread quickly through state legislatures.
By Casey Quinlan - March 10, 2022Republican governors have seized on anti-trans legislation as one of their current wedge issues.
By Casey Quinlan - February 08, 2022The state’s Republican governor, Kristi Noem, championed the bill.
By Casey Quinlan - February 02, 2022State laws targeting transgender kids have left school districts across the country in a challenging legal situation, experts say.
By Casey Quinlan - December 02, 2021Texas Democrats say the bill is cruel to transgender students and would lead to bullying.
By Casey Quinlan - October 15, 2021Several states have passed laws targeting LGBTQ kids this year, creating what experts say are hostile school environments.
By Casey Quinlan - September 16, 2021Fifty-five companies and business associations signed a letter opposing anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in Texas this year.
By Casey Quinlan - August 26, 2021Officials say states will be required to affirm their commitment to NCAA nondiscrimination policies in order to host championships, even if those states have passed anti-trans sports bans.
By Casey Quinlan - August 05, 2021Louisiana Republican lawmakers want to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of a trans sports ban.
By Casey Quinlan - July 19, 2021The decision ‘affirms that transgender students are protected by Title IX,’ said HRC president Alphonso David.
By Casey Quinlan - June 29, 2021The bills target transgender people’s access to sports, LGBTQ-inclusive sex education, and health care.
By Casey Quinlan - March 11, 2021Republicans say they care about the privacy of girls and women. Their sports bans say otherwise.
By Casey Quinlan - March 09, 2021When they failed to stop marriage equality, anti-LGBTQ groups turned to attacking transgender people.
By Casey Quinlan - March 08, 2021‘Radical unconditional love for all children should be at the forefront of any decision,’ said a Tennessee mother.
By Casey Quinlan - February 15, 2021The changes in Kansas City came after several professional franchises, including the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball, have been pushed to drop racist imagery.
By Associated Press - September 12, 2020Iowa has the second-highest per capita average number of new coronavirus cases in the country.
By Josh Israel - September 02, 2020The NBA, WNBA, NHL, NFL, and Major League Baseball, along with several other leagues, took a stand against racism and police brutality this week.
By Associated Press - August 29, 2020Any registered voter in Los Angeles County can visit the stadium over a five-day period this November to cast a ballot safely.
By Associated Press - August 15, 2020Even with plenty of resources and access to testing, Major League Baseball couldn’t prevent a COVID-19 outbreak.
By Emily Singer - July 27, 2020The GOP-controlled Statehouse is advancing a bill that could ban students from playing on the team that corresponds with their gender identity.
By Casey Quinlan - May 27, 2020Republican state Rep. Bruce Griffey wants to bar student athletes from participating in school sports teams that align with their gender identity.
By Josh Israel - January 08, 2020Trump will reportedly attend a football game in Alabama this weekend.
By Oliver Willis - November 04, 2019The Atlanta Braves discouraged fans from doing the ‘Tomahawk Chop’ after a Cherokee Nation member criticized it as insulting — but that is not why they lost.
By Josh Israel - October 10, 2019World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe rejects the hateful division of Trump and his administration.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 10, 2019Athletes continue to reject Trump’s racism.
By Oliver Willis - May 09, 2019A lot of athletes don’t want to ‘celebrate’ their victories with a bigot like Trump.
By Oliver Willis - April 29, 2019