Abortion rights, women of color, and LGBTQIA+ people are under attack. Pledge to join us in fighting for gender justice.
Transgender Women Banned from Women’s Olympic Sports
On the other hand, Shiwali Patel, senior director of safe and inclusive schools at the National Women’s Law Center, says the development “was very alarming and shameful.” “The USOPC is capitulating to the Trump administration’s unlawful demands,” Patel continues. “We are a women’s rights organization. … We know there are very real issues to address when it comes to protecting the rights of women and girls in sports, and that banning trans women from women’s sports doesn’t do that. In fact, it also leaves women vulnerable to humiliating and invasive sex testing practices.”
