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The Women’s Sports Policy Working Group (WSPWG) endorses the American Swimming Coaches Association’s (AWCA) position, urging the NCAA to update its Transgender Eligibility Guidelines. The… Read More »Women’s Sports Policy Working Group Endorses American Swimming Coaches Association’s Position and Encourages NCAA to Revise Its Transgender Guidelines (January 18, 2022)

Donna Lopiano maintains that the NCAA transgender policy governing eligibility to compete in college women’s sports must be changed to ensure fair competition for females… Read More »“Why the NCAA’s Transgender Eligibility Policy is Outdated – And How It Can Be Fixed” (January 5, 2022) Forbes.com.

Dan D’Addona, Swimming World managing editor, interviews deVarona on the work that still needs to be done by FINA and USA Swimming to find fair and inclusive… Read More »“Donna deVarona:  Transgender Swimming Dialogue Must Continue – ‘It’s Complicated and People Don’t Like Complicated’” (January 4, 2022) Swimming World.

Megyn Kelly is joined by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Olympic gold medalist in swimming, and Cynthia Millen, former USA Swimming official, to discuss the latest on transgender… Read More »Video Interview: “Gender Discrimination Amid Trans Inclusion in Sports” (January 3, 2022) The Megyn Kelly Show.

The Swimming World editorial staff reports on the reaction of Olympic swimmer Erika Brown to the Lia Thomas controversy.  Brown expresses hope that her willingness… Read More »“Olympian Erika Brown: ‘We Cannot Allow Transgender Females to Compete Against Biological Women’” (December 29, 2021) Swimming World.

John Lohn, Editor-in-Chief of Swimming World, explains why Swimming World will continue to cover the Lia Thomas transgender controversy and why governing bodies must explore… Read More »“The Protection of Women’s Sports (Now and Future) At the Heart of Lia Thomas Situation” (December 27, 2021) Swimming World.

Olympic champion and civil rights lawyer Nancy Hogshead-Makar pens and op-ed detailing why transgender women should be allowed to compete in women’s athletics as long… Read More »“It was not fair when I raced against doped-up East Germans and it is not fair for women to compete against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas” (December 24, 2021) Daily Mail.

Doriane Coleman pens an op-ed that addresses the need to acknowledge hard truths present in the case of sex and sports and what it means… Read More »“On the Biology of Sex, Sex Differentiation, and Performance Gap” (December 16, 2021) Reason.com.

The Swimming World editorial staff reviews WSPWG efforts to affirm the legal permissibility of separate girls’ and women’s competitive sports teams while including all trans… Read More »“Lia Thomas Debate: Women’s Sports Policy Working Group Focused on Protection of Female Sports ” (December 13, 2021) Swimming World.

Doriane Coleman and Martina Navratilova comment on the IOC Framework on Fairness, Inclusion, and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations, non-binding… Read More »“On the Issue of Female Athletics, the IOC Has Shirked Its Duty to Lead” (November 29, 2021) Quillette.com.