Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe, and Candace Parker Join Nearly 200 Athletes Supporting Trans Youth Participation in Sports

San Francisco, Calif. (December 21, 2020): Today, sports icon Billie Jean King, U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team Co-Captain and World Cup Champion Megan Rapinoe, and WNBA trail-blazer and legend Candace Parker joined nearly 200 fellow athletes in women’s sports to support providing girls and women who are transgender the equal opportunity to participate in sports. […]

History of Title IX

June 23, 1972 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is enacted by Congress and is signed into law by President Richard Nixon, prohibiting sex discrimination in any educational program or activity receiving any type of federal financial aid.1 Rep. Patsy Mink is recognized as the major author and sponsor of the bill, and […]

WSF Responds to Texas Senate Bill 3 (SB3)

The Women’s Sports Foundation, the Human Rights Campaign, and TransAthlete.com write a letter to some extreme Texas lawmakers’ to express our express concerns regarding their attempts to use women’s athletics to support anti-LGBTQ legislation that will harm young transgender athletes.