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Pages tagged "Sports"


Senator to introduce bill to protect women’s sport

Posted on Blog · November 30, 2021 3:36 PM

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

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IOC expands trans inclusion in Female Olympic Sport

Posted on Blog · November 19, 2021 4:49 PM

In the wake of the controversy surrounding Laurel Hubbard’s appearance in the women’s weightlifting championships at the Tokyo Olympic games, announcements that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was reviewing the rules around transgender and intersex inclusion in women’s sports, naturally raised expectations that the revised rules would bring much needed clarity and re-establish fairness for women in elite sport. As it turns out, the new rules are profoundly disappointing.

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

Posted on Blog · September 30, 2021 10:52 AM

The state netball championships held in Brisbane last week attracted attention and controversy for all the wrong reasons. This was because the grand final was won by the Queensland Suns U17s team, an all boys’ team, who decimated the Bond University Bull Sharks girls’ team 46-12.

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Women’s sport undermined by unfair trans inclusion guidelines

Posted on Blog · August 05, 2021 3:02 PM

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

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

Posted on Blog · July 26, 2021 1:00 PM

Norway’s women’s beach handball team has been fined over $2,000 for ‘improper clothing’ because they failed to wear bikini bottoms during their game against Spain in Bulgaria. The team members opted to wear bike shorts instead.

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

Posted on Blog · June 28, 2021 10:08 AM

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

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

Posted on Blog · May 04, 2021 2:02 PM

Caitlyn Jenner, a former Olympian, California governor candidate and a prominent transgender woman, has said she doesn’t believe transgender girls should compete in girls’ sports because “it just isn’t fair”.

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United States laws protecting women’s sport

Posted on Blog · December 17, 2020 10:47 AM

In a rare example of bi-partisan agreement regarding women in sport, Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) and Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin (Oklahoma) introduced the Protect Women’s Sport Act to the US House of Congress last Thursday (10th December). The purpose of the Bill is to ensure Title IX continues to fulfil its original purpose of ensuring equal opportunities for women and girls with regard to all federally-funded education, including sports.

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

Posted on Blog · October 02, 2020 4:53 PM

By Rachael Wong

Eight peak Australian sporting bodies have released guidelines for the inclusion of transgender athletes. They are AFL, Hockey Australia, Netball Australia, Rugby Australia, Tennis Australia, Touch Football Australia, UniSport Australia and Water Polo Australia.

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