US Olympic committee bans transgender athletes
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U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee leaders are pushing lawmakers for tweaks to legislation that would regulate college sports by adding guarantees that schools will spend the same percentage on Olympic programs in the future as they do now.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee quietly changed its policies on Monday to comply with President Donald Trump’s February executive order preventing transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports unless assigned female at birth.
While the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee made headlines this week because of its latest and controversial gender policy update, the
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced Tuesday that men who identify as women are no longer eligible to
USOPC Bars Transgender Women from Women’s Competition; USAU May Face Decision as NGBs Told to Comply
Late last year, the USOPC awarded USAU the 2024 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Choice Award for its “efforts to bring ultimate to a younger and more diverse population in local communities through a partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA).”
Keith Hirshland, husband of USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland, is a contractor for LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed tour that's been criticized for 'sportswashing.'
Ultimately, Hirshland played a key role in negotiating the $380 million settlement between the USOPC, USA Gymnastics and the hundreds of gymnasts abused by Larry Nassar.