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NSW / Transgender / vilification / sex-based rights / Sports / Kirralie Smith /

The case of Kirralie Smith and how NSW’s anti-vilification laws are being weaponised against women

December 10, 2025

By Stephanie Bastiaan and Rachael Wong A New South Wales Court has made a finding that public discourse can amount...

Sports / Gender / Transgender / Senator Claire Chandler /

Senator to introduce bill to protect women’s sport

November 30, 2021

Senator Claire Chandler has announced that she is introducing a private members bill “to protect single-sex sport for Australian women...

Olympics / Sports / Gender /

IOC expands trans inclusion in Female Olympic Sport

November 19, 2021

In the wake of the controversy surrounding Laurel Hubbard’s appearance in the women’s weightlifting championships at the Tokyo Olympic games,...

Sports / Katherine Deves / Transgender /

Male netball team wins grand final in girls’ netball state championships

September 30, 2021

The state netball championships held in Brisbane last week attracted attention and controversy for all the wrong reasons. This was...

Sports / Women / Laurel Hubbard /

Women’s sport undermined by unfair trans inclusion guidelines

August 05, 2021

The world watched this week as transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard ‘made history’ by competing in the women’s weightlifting category at...

Olympics / Sports / Sexualisation /

Norway women’s handball team fined for not wearing bikini bottoms

July 26, 2021

Norway’s women’s beach handball team has been fined over $2,000 for ‘improper clothing’ because they failed to wear bikini bottoms...

Sports / Olympic Games / Transgender /

Former NZ Olympic weightlifter says trans athletes will “knock women out of sport”

June 28, 2021

Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be the first trans athlete to compete at the Olympic games after being confirmed by...

Caitlyn Jenner / Sports / Trans / Transgender /

Caitlyn Jenner says she opposes trans girls competing in girls’ sports

May 04, 2021

Caitlyn Jenner, a former Olympian, California governor candidate and a prominent transgender woman, has said she doesn’t believe transgender girls...

Politics / Sports /

United States laws protecting women’s sport

December 17, 2020

In a rare example of bi-partisan agreement regarding women in sport, Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) and Republican Rep. Markwayne...

Sports / Politics / Rachael Wong / Transgender /

Sporting bodies release guidelines allowing biological men to play in women’s sports

October 02, 2020

By Rachael Wong Eight peak Australian sporting bodies have released guidelines for the inclusion of transgender athletes. They are AFL,...

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