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Pat McCrory Blasts NCAA for Pulling All 2016-17 Championship Events from...
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory blasted the NCAA on Tuesday for pulling all championship events in 2016 and 2017 from the state because of its record on LGBT rights. In a statement, McCrory called...
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North Carolina On The Brink Of Losing All NCAA Games for 6 Years Unless...
North Carolina could lose up to $250 million after the NCAA said it will not hold events in the state until the anti-transgender HB2 “bathroom bill” is repealed In a letter sent to the state assembly...
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NCAA Signals It Will Continue Pro-LGBTQ Stance
The National Collegiate Athletic Association responded this week to a letter from the Human Rights Campaign, pro-LGBTQ sports group Athlete Ally, and over 80 national, state and local LGBTQ...
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NCAA Gives North Carolina Ultimatum: Repeal HB2 Now or Lose All Sports Events...
On yesterday’s anniversary of the passage of anti-LGBT law HB2, the NCAA again warned North Carolina that it must repeal the law now, or lose any opportunity to host games for five years. Wrote the...
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The NCAA Just Gave North Carolina a 48-Hour Deadline to ‘Resolve’ HB2 or...
After repeated warnings, including one last week, the NCAA has reportedly given North Carolina 48 hours to “resolve” the anti-LGBT HB2 law or it will pull all its sports events from now through 2022....
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NC Governor Roy Cooper Signs Sham HB2 Repeal Deal into Law
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed an HB2 repeal bill that was blasted by LGBTQ and civil rights groups into law after it was rushed through the legislature in one day ahead of a looming...
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NCAA to Review HB2 Repeal Effort and Deliver Verdict on NC Next Week
NCAA President Mark Emmert spoke out at his annual Final Four news conference on Thursday night and said the organization would review the HB2 repeal bill that has been blasted by LGBTQ and civil...
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NCAA Caves to North Carolina After False Repeal of HB2, ‘Reluctantly’ Agrees...
The NCAA Board of Governors “reluctantly voted to allow consideration of championship bids in North Carolina” following the sham repeal of HB2 last week, which removed the law but effectively left...
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Human Rights Campaign and Equality NC Slam NCAA for Caving on HB2 Repeal
The Human Rights Campaign and Equality North Carolina ripped the NCAA after its Board of Governors announced that it had “reluctantly” voted to accept bids for sports events in the state after last...
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This Gay College Athlete Was Disowned by Her Parents. Then the NCAA Disowned...
Emily scheck (right) / gofundme UPDATED BELOW Emily Scheck, a cross-country runner at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, was cut out of her family’s lives after her mother found a photo of the girl...
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Emily Scheck, Gay Athlete Disowned by Family, Thanks Supporters as GoFundMe...
Emily scheck (right) / gofundme Last week we reported that Emily Scheck, a cross-country runner at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, was cut out of her family’s lives after her mother found a...
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NCAA Cancels March Madness, Loses Nearly $1 Billion
March Madness is off. The NCAA canceled both its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments on Thursday. NBC News reports: The move comes after most of the NCAA’s conferences suspended their individual...
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Trans Swimmers Lia Thomas And Iszac Henig Compete, Win At Ivy League Meet
Lia thomas Trans Swimmers Compete Last week, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas returned to the pool for the first time since her record-breaking performance in Dec. 2021. Much like that...
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USA Swimming changes rules in wake of transgender athlete’s success
Published by AFP Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, swims for the University of Pennsylvania at an Ivy League swim meet against Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 22, 2022 New...
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Out Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas Wins 1 of 3 NCAA Championship Freestyle Races;...
(from left) anna kalandadze, head coach mike schnur, lia thomas and catherine buroker Lia Thomas, National Champion University of Pennslyvania swimmer Lia Thomas added an NCAA national championship to...
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NCAA Won’t Move Final Four From Houston Despite Repeal of Equal Rights...
The NCAA will not move its championship tournament from Houston, Texas after the city voted yesterday to repeal an equal rights ordinance that provided non-discrimination protections for its LGBT...
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NCAA to Reconsider Future Host Cities Based on LGBT Rights
The NCAA says it will reconsider host cities based on LGBT rights according to a report in the Indianapolis Star: “‘We'll continue to review current events in all cities bidding on NCAA championships...
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Seton Hall’s Derrick Gordon Makes History As 1st Openly Gay Player In March...
With Seton Hall's victory over Villanova in the Big East Championship on Saturday, Pirates guard Derrick Gordon became the first openly gay player to qualify for the Men's Division I NCAA Basketball...
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Texas University Fires Coach Who Suspended Gay Basketball Players, Violated...
Prairie View University has fired its women's basketball coach for violating Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments by suspending two players for dating each other. Prairie View is a historically...
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Bryant Gumbel: NBA, NFL, and NCAA Should Cancel Events in NC Over Anti-LGBT...
Bryant Gumbel has called on the NBA, the NFL, and the NCAA to cancel events scheduled to take place in North Carolina because of the state's newly passed anti-LGBT ‘bathroom bill', HB 2. As we've been...
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Ellen Celebrates First Transgender Male to Compete on NCAA Division 1 Men’s...
Ellen DeGeneres welcomed Schuyler Bailar as her guest on Monday, and Bailar shared his inspiring story of being the first male transgender athlete to compete as an NCAA Division 1 athlete in any...
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NCAA Adopts New Requirement: Event Sites Must Provide Discrimination-Free...
The NCAA Board of Governors has adopted a new requirement for sites bidding on its events. They must “demonstrate they will provide safe environments free of discrimination,” the News & Observer...
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San Antonio to Fight Anti-LGBT Legislation That Could Cost It 2018 Final Four
San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor isn't exactly known as a champion of LGBT rights. As a city council member in 2013, Taylor voted against San Antonio's nondiscrimination ordinance, which she later...
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NCAA to Move All 2016-17 Championship Events from North Carolina Over...
[This post contains video, click to play] The NCAA will move all of its 2016-17 championship events from North Carolina to other states because of the state's discriminatory, anti-LGBT HB 2 put in...
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Hillary Clinton: ‘The NCAA is Right to Pull Games from North Carolina’ Over...
Hillary Clinton tweeted support for the NCAA's decision to pull all of its 2016-17 championship events from North Carolina in light of the anti-LGBT HB2 law. Said Clintonon Tuesday morning in a tweet...
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