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An Olympics reporter was met with silence when he asked the women's weightlifting podium about Laurel Hubbard
The American lifter Sarah Robles, who won the bronze medal, eventually said, "No, thank you," and m…
Alan Dawson
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Piers Morgan took a bizarre dig at Meghan Markle and her 'sensitive little spleen' in a column criticizing the first openly transgender Olympian
Morgan referred to Markle while writing about a hypothetical fight between himself and the British …
Barnaby Lane
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Republicans want to prevent future Olympians like Laurel Hubbard - so they're banning trans kids from school sports
The GOP is relying on the same flawed ideas about testosterone that the IOC uses to run "sex tests"…
Canela López
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The first openly transgender female Olympian missed out on a medal after failing 3 times in her weightlifting event
Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand was allowed to compete at the games following an IOC rule change, but…
Sam Cooper
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A New Zealand weightlifter has become the first openly transgender athlete picked to compete at the Olympics
Laurel Hubbard, 43, is set to compete for New Zealand in the women's super-heavyweight category in …
Barnaby Lane
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Trump says his political consultants don't want him going after trans athletes then does so — during his Washington speech
Donald Trump mocked consultants as "political geniuses" after he got applause for a dig against tra…
Cheryl Teh
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Brett Favre says transgender athletes shouldn't be allowed to compete in the Olympics as women
During his podcast "Bolling with Favre," Brett Favre said transgender athletes competing in the Oly…
Jackson Thompson
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Until 2016, trans Olympics athletes had to have bottom surgery. Now advocates are calling to scrap hormone requirements too.
Laurel Hubbard, a weightlifter from New Zealand, will be the first out transgender person to compet…
Canela López
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2020 Olympic Games is the first to host openly transgender athletes - here's what they said about the experience
Laurel Hubbard, Chelsea Wolfe, Quinn, and Alana Smith made history this year, being a beacon of rep…
Bethany Dawson
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Transgender women should not be forced to reduce their testosterone levels to compete in women's Olympic sports, say new IOC guidelines
The International Olympic Committee has released new, non-binding guidance about the inclusion of t…
Bethany Dawson
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Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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Tom Daley condemned anti-LGBTQ remarks aired during Russian TV Olympic coverage: 'It takes a lot to come out and speak openly'
Tom Daley told The Telegraph in response to being targeted with anti-LGBTQ hate that he's "extremel…