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thehill.com > opinion > civil-rights > 6004604-womens-sports-inclusion-debate > amp

Why the left won’t win on transgender athletes in women’s sports

18+ hour, 29+ min ago   (731+ words) by Joslin Joseph, opinion contributor 08/03/26 12:00 PM ET My first job after leaving the Marines was to work with the Ohio State Women’s Ice Hockey team. Although I had served with some truly tough-as-nails women in the Marine Corps, I was…...

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thehill.com > regulation > court-battles > 5952123-transgender-rights-neil-gorsuch-supreme-court > amp

Transgender rights advocates’ hope in Gorsuch fades after athlete ban ruling

1+ mon, 22+ hour ago   (1169+ words) by Zach Schonfeld 07/03/26 06:00 AM ET Any hope among transgender rights advocates that Justice Neil Gorsuch could enable them to eke out wins before the conservative-majority Supreme Court has faded. That optimism sparked in 2020, with Gorsuch’s decision that employers can’t fire…...

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thehill.com > homenews > lgbtq > 5948346-first-lady-transgender-sports-ban > amp

Melania Trump calls for US to support both transgender athletes ban, LGBTQ+ rights

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (228+ words) by Tara Suter 06/30/26 04:32 PM ET “America, we can support the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community and also protect opportunities for female athletes. Respect everyone and keep girls’ sports fair. Both ideals are essential,” the first lady said in a Tuesday…...

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thehill.com > homenews > ap > ap-international > ap-niger-military-junta-introduces-new-penal-code-criminalizing-homosexuality-with-5-10-years-in-prison > amp

Niger military junta introduces new penal code criminalizing homosexuality with 5-10 years in prison

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (184+ words) by Associated Press 06/12/26 09:00 AM ET The West African nation is the latest to criminalize homosexuality, following similar measures earlier this year in Senegal. The new penal code punishes anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act…...

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thehill.com > newsletters > the-gavel > 5917007-republican-states-defend-transgender-athlete-bans > amp

The Gavel: Republicans exude confidence on Supreme Court transgender athlete ruling

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1252+ words) by Zach Schonfeld 06/10/26 08:00 AM ET The Republican-led states defending their transgender athlete bans at the Supreme Court predict they may even get a liberal justice’s vote. “I think 8-1 or 7-2 is more likely,” West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey (R) told…...

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thehill.com > homenews > house > 5907921-speaker-johnson-homosexuality-ogles > amp

Johnson on ‘untoward’ homosexuality post: ‘We’re supposed to love our neighbor as ourselves’

2+ mon, 16+ min ago   (269+ words) by Emily Brooks 06/03/26 11:45 AM ET Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said a since-deleted social media post from a Republican congressman asserting “homosexuality has no place in America” was “untoward,” pointing to the Bible’s teaching on loving your neighbor. The…...

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thehill.com > homenews > house > 5906348-ogles-lawler-santos-pride-month > amp

Ogles says during Pride that ‘Homosexuality has no place in America,’ gets immediate pushback from Lawler, Santos

2+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (527+ words) by Ryan Mancini 06/02/26 04:33 PM ET GOP Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y.) and former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) were among those who immediately pushed back against Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) for saying in a since-deleted post, amid the beginning of Pride month, that…...

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thehill.com > homenews > ap > ap-international > ap-vatican-sending-new-signals-of-openness-but-limitations-in-outreach-to-lgbtq-catholics > amp

Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1150+ words) by NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press 05/09/26 01:08 AM ET Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates cheered this week when a Vatican working group released a report featuring the testimony of two gay, married Catholics who spoke openly about their sexuality, faith and how the Catholic…...

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thehill.com > homenews > education > 5824262-title-ix-agreements-trump-gender-identity > amp

Title IX agreements on shaky ground after Education Department rescinds gender-identity deals

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (551+ words) by Lexi Lonas Cochran 04/11/26 06:00 AM ET The Education Department took an unprecedented step this week to nullify Title IX agreements previous administrations had made with school districts over gender identity, laying the groundwork for an environment that turns such settlements…...

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thehill.com > opinion > criminal-justice > 5756601-preferred-pronouns-have-no-place-in-a-rape-trial > amp

‘Preferred pronouns’ have no place in a rape trial

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (178+ words) by N.K. Stade, opinion contributor 02/27/26 07:30 AM ET If a certain crime can only be committed by a male, can there be justice for the accuser when the male defendant is called “she?” A case in Madera County, California, winding its way…...