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This Ramadan, queer and transgender Muslims made their own community
Queer and trans Muslims reimagined their childhood traditions this Ramadan, Islam's month of fastin…
Shahamat Uddin
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Trump welcomed transgender women in his Miss Universe pageant years before he started campaigning on excluding them from women's sports
Trump took credit for reversing the Miss Universe ban on transgender women in 2012, welcoming the p…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Miss Italy beauty pageant bans transgender women from competing, saying contestants must be 'woman from birth'
Patrizia Mirigliani said pageant contestants must be a "woman from birth" in a statement to local m…
Maria Noyen
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Miss USA lifted its age limit for this year's pageant. None of the older women made it to the top 20.
This was the first year women over the age of 28 were allowed to compete at Miss USA. Among the con…
Anneta Konstantinides
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JK Rowling's tweets about a lurid murder story reopened a heated debate about transgender convicts
Author JK Rowling posted about a lurid UK murder, reopening a fierce debate about how society shoul…
Nathan Rennolds
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After being bullied as a kid, I became the first transgender woman to compete at the Miss USA pageant
Enriquez was told not to play with her sister's toys as a child. She later made history as the firs…
Yoonji Han
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Michael Phelps likened trans athletes competing in women's sports to doping
"We all should feel comfortable with who we are in our own skin," Phelps told CNN. "But I think spo…
Meredith Cash
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Miss United States pageant can bar transgender women from competing, appeals court rules
A federal court ruled in favor of the US pageant on Wednesday. The organization will be allowed to …
Jordan Hart
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USA Swimming's new policy requires trans women to have low testosterone levels for 3 years
Michael Phelps was criticized for saying the organization needed to "level the playing field" in re…
Canela López
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Megan Rapinoe offered a heartfelt defense of transgender inclusion in sports because 'lives are at risk'
"I'm sorry, your kid's high school volleyball team just isn't that important. It's not more importa…
Meredith Cash
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Penn swimmer Lia Thomas wants to show trans kids they 'don't have to choose between who they are and the sport they love'
The transgender Ivy League champion wants "to show trans kids and younger trans athletes that they'…
Meredith Cash
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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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World Triathlon approves new policy allowing transgender women to continue competing in sport's female category
The policy has tightened the restrictions around transgender women competing internationally as fem…
Barnaby Lane
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Trans swimmers faced off in an Ivy League meet, and the results upended transphobic arguments against their participation
Lia Thomas, who has been at the center of controversy for a perceived advantage, finished 3.27 seco…
Meredith Cash
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MP wrongly suggested 436 transgender women committed rape between 2012 and 2018, says Crown Prosecution Service
Sir Bernard Jenkin said that 436 transgender women committed rape in a 6 year period, but the Crown…
Bethany Dawson
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The long, troubled history of police and transgender communities
The police once raided gay bars and arrested transgender people for cross-dressing. Decades after S…
Narimes Parakul
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A transgender woman, Rikkie Valerie Kollé, was just crowned Miss Netherlands for the first time
Rikkie Valerie Kollé is the second transgender person to compete in the Miss Universe competition a…
Lauren Edmonds
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An Atlanta-area Chick-fil-A owner is being sued by a former employee who says she was harassed for being transgender
The Georgia-based chicken chain has had a fraught history with the LGBTQ community, in part due to …