Chef de Mission for the U.S. Paralympic Team at the London 2012 Paralympic Games Paralympian, 1996 World record holder Women’s Sports Foundation Board of Trustees Member Women’s Sports Foundation Athlete Advisory Panel member Women’s Sports Foundation former President
WSF is hosting a series of Virtual Town Halls throughout 2022 for the 50th Anniversary of Title IX. These town hall conversations will be free and open to the public, bringing together experts, leaders, advocates, and athletes to share their insights, reflections, and forward thinking as it relates to the progress and promise of the […]
In 2021 alone, eight states passed and signed laws that ban transgender athletes from sports with a majority specifically targeting transgender girls and women. Transgender girls and women continue to be excluded from sport, keeping them from gaining the benefits that come from participating in sports. The Women’s Sports Foundation, Athlete Ally and Lambda Legal […]
(New York, NY, October 14, 2021) – Today, sports icon Billie Jean King, U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team Co-Captain and World Cup Champion Megan Rapinoe, and WNBA stars Layshia Clarendon and Brianna Turner joined more than 150 fellow athletes in women’s sports to support providing girls and women who are transgender the equal opportunity to […]
In recent years, transgender girls’ and women’s participation in sports has been challenged across the country. In 2020 alone, nearly 20 states introduced bills seeking to ban transgender athletes from sports with over half specifically targeting transgender girls and women. Girls’ and women’s sports continue to be used as a vehicle to discriminate against transgender […]
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. […]
UPDATED: August 6, 2018 After the IAAF issued a public response to our July 10 letter, we teamed with Athlete Ally once again to release this additional statement: Dear Lord Coe, Despite sentiments included in your letter, we feel that the IAAF is, in fact, trying to prevent women from competing in athletics. Women do […]
Physical activity is important for students with disabilities, currently a lack of opportunities exist but there are changes at the policy level to help address this issue.
