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In March 2023, Petrillo withdrew from competing in the World Masters Indoor Athletic Championships on account of anti-trans threats and concerns for her safety. [ 16 ] On 2 September 2024, Petrillo debuted at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, qualifying for the semi-finals of the T12 women's 400 metres . [ 17 ]
The most decorated LGBT+ Olympian is British Paralympic equestrian Lee Pearson, with 17 medals including 14 golds; [c] the most decorated able-bodied LGBT+ Olympian is Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst, with 13 medals including 6 golds; [d] the most decorated able-bodied LGBT+ Summer Olympian is Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe, with 9 medals ...
J.K. Rowling is among a number of voices including former Olympic athletes decrying the inclusion of a trans sprinter in the women’s sprinting category at the Paris Paralympics. 51-year-old ...
LGBT+ Olympic historian Tony Scupham-Bilton traced gay Olympic athletes back to at least 1928 in a report produced for Outsports in 2016; [30] the athlete in question was Weimar German runner Otto Peltzer, who lived openly gay, [31] though this was not known worldwide; Peltzer set world records in the 1920s and was a prominent international ...
The BBC noted that as a trans male athlete, their presence "created less of a stir" than trans female athletes. [67] Lauren Rowles Δ Great Britain: Rowing: 2016, 2020, 2024: Widely out prior to the 2020 Games, at which point she was in a relationship with wheelchair basketball player Judith Hamer. [39] [68] [69] Josie Aslakson Δ United States
Transgender and nonbinary middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz is getting ready to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics. What to know about the athlete ahead of the first round of the women's 1500m race.
As Australian trans-runner Ricki Coughlan warned this week, World Athletics’ decision could now embolden “forces of hate” against the community, because the notion of exclusion will permeate ...
New Jersey and New Mexico require that trans athletes provide evidence that they have transitioned or are transitioning. [22] Missouri and Ohio require athletes to undergo hormone treatment. Ohio requires treatment for at least a year prior to competing. [22] Oregon allows trans boys and men to participate on male teams. Trans girls and women ...