May 17, 2021
Yoshimi Yamashita may have made history as the first woman to officiate a J. League game, but she’s confident she’ll be far from the last.
The 35-year-old oversaw Sunday’s third-division encounter between YSCC Yokohama and Tegevajaro Miyazaki, becoming the latest in a growing global trend of female referees in men’s competitions.
“In order to get this opportunity I needed the understanding of the Japan Football Association, the J. League, the teams and the players, as well as all of the trust I’d built with my fellow referees across the country, and I felt that responsibility very keenly,” Yamashita said on Monday.
15 Apr 2021
Pro-transgender groups are complaining GOP legislators are pushing a record number of bills to protect children from dangerous drugs and cosmetic surgery, and to exclude males from women’s sports.
Complaints are coming from media outlets such as CNN, as well as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the American Civil Liberties Union, which once sought to protect free speech.
CNN reported on the 33 states and 117 bills in those states focused on these and related issues and also on legislation to protect women in private spaces like locker rooms or bathrooms. The media outlet used the language HRC promotes to describe biological men and women who choose to live as the opposite sex.
12 Apr 2021
The Biden Department of Education has denied a request by a feminist organization to affirm that Title IX regulations will be enforced based on a definition of “sex” as male/female biological sex, and not what individuals believe to be their sex, or, gender identity.
In February, Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) petitioned the education department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), requesting that, in amendments to regulations implementing Title IX, “sex” be defined as biological sex and that single-sex spaces, such as those concerning women’s sports teams, be maintained.
The Department of Education responded on Wednesday to WoLF’s petition for rulemaking, declining the request to affirm that Title IX will be enforced on the basis of sex but outlining next steps and inviting public participation.https://t.co/jVx8JnmPNH