A petition calling on the Olympic Committee to put an end to transgender athletes competing in women’s divisions has been quietly shelved as ‘hate speech’ ahead of her games debut. New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the face of the petition after she was selected to compete in the +87kg women’s weight division at the … Read more
Two of the BBC‘s Olympic commentary team have been slammed for repeatedly misgendering the first openly non-binary athlete to compete at the games. Team USA star Alana Smith, who uses they/them pronouns was knocked out of the Women’s Street Skateboarding semi-finals after failing to score three tricks at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo. Despite the … Read more
A teacher who vowed to stop a transgender Year 11 pupil from becoming Head Girl has been spared a ban from the profession but has been fired. French mistress Susan Field was accused of referring to the former male pupil as ‘that’ in front of a class of 21 children in her Year 11 tutor … Read more
A teacher who vowed to stop a transgender Year 11 pupil from becoming Head Girl has been spared a ban from the profession but has been fired. French mistress Susan Field was accused of referring to the former male pupil as ‘that’ in front of a class of 21 children in her Year 11 tutor … Read more
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka has hit back at Megyn Kelly for criticizing her – angrily responding to the journalist’s comments on Twitter, and then blocking her. The row – which saw all-time great Martina Navratilova weigh in – began when Osaka, 23, unveiled her Sports Illustrated cover. The Japanese-Haitian four-time Grand Slam winner is the … Read more