transgender Archives

Transitioning and women’s sailing

January 8th, 2025

The International Olympic Committee will soon have its presidential election, and gender eligibility for women’s events is an issue among

December 13th, 2024

In the Scuttlebutt report ‘Getting ahead of gender disputes‘, there was mention of a local sailing event in which a

December 11th, 2024

For the sake of determining eligibility in gender designated events, World Sailing approved the ‘Transgender and Non-Binary Eligibility Policy’ at

December 9th, 2024

by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Thomas Bach has served as president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013, but

May 17th, 2024

World Sailing Council has voted to adopt new eligibility rules for transgender athletes at the federation’s 2024 Mid Year Meeting.

July 18th, 2022

If the sport is eager to engage people beyond its pale and male base, there needs to be examples of

July 18th, 2022

The United States is navigating the transgender issues with a ruling by a federal judge temporarily blocking President Biden’s administration

June 20th, 2022

When the first women’s event was included in the Olympic Sailing Program for the 1988 Games, the door opened to

April 1st, 2022

by Lexi Pline, US Sailing Since she was 3 ½, Stephanie Helms knew she was a girl. At that age,

January 20th, 2022

The International Olympic Committee granted Sailing its first women’s event at the 1988 Games, beginning a trend of creating greater