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40th NYC Marathon look back: Women are faster, but what next?
by Fair Game News
posted November 10, 2010 at 10:23am

By Laura Pappano Yes – the 40th running of the ING NYC Marathon on Sunday was a chance to salute the fastest marathoner alive — Haile Gebreselassie (no matter that he dropped out at Mile 16 – he still holds the record of 2:03:59 set in 2008). Bu...more

A study in contrasts: Race, gender, and sport
by The First Line
posted November 9, 2010 at 7:44pm

Watching the TSN highlight videos and excerpts from the Hall of Fame acceptance speeches by the first two women selected, it is striking how each provides a completely different model of women’s reactions to their slow acceptance in sport. In the vide...more

Time to get transgender competion rules right
by Fair Game News
posted November 5, 2010 at 4:29pm

By Laura Pappano On the surface, Kye Allums – the transgendered male playing on GW women’s basketball team – doesn’t present complications for the NCAA. Allums is, biologically speaking, female. He has not undergone physical transformation, incl...more

Advice column takes on Title IX and gender stereotypes
by Title IX Blog
posted November 4, 2010 at 8:15pm

Part of the "Ask Amy" column in today's Washington Post addressed the Title IX implications of a coach requiring a player to conform to gender stereotypes with respect to appearance: DEAR AMY: I am a girl in my junior year of high school, and the vol...more

Boys playing field hockey
by Title IX Blog
posted November 2, 2010 at 6:18pm

Boys playing high school field hockey on historically all-girls' teams has caused the occasional flare-up in the gender equity/Title IX discourse.I came across this article about a not-quite-a flare-up last month. I probably wouldn't have paid too much at...more

Including transgender athletes on school teams: A story we will hear more often
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted November 1, 2010 at 3:52pm

Outsports.com has just posted a story about a player on the George Washington University women’s basketball team who identifies as a man. The story is Kye Allums’ public coming out as a transgender man. The team and coach have known of and accepted K...more

LGBT student athletes taking on homophobia in college athletics
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted October 31, 2010 at 4:00pm

I am really excited by several recent news reports about LGBT and ally student athlete led groups on college campuses. Groups at Eastern Michigan, Yale and UPenn have all been featured in recent stories. Other schools that have organized similar groups ...more

University of Portland cuts golf, Violates Title IX?
by Title IX Blog
posted October 30, 2010 at 8:18pm

University of Portland has announced plans to drop men's and women's golf, and to add women's crew. The article does not provide a reason for the cuts, other than to note that university officials claim the move was "not to cut costs." I'm not at all sur...more

Superintendents say the darndest things...
by Title IX Blog
posted October 29, 2010 at 6:58pm

And we wondered why schools needed a reminder of their obligation to protect students against sexual harassment and sex-based bullying? Here's one superintendent, actually complaining about the recent OCR guidance letter: "This is an incredible expansi...more

Why do women athletes have to be celebrities?
by RunLikeAGirl
posted October 27, 2010 at 6:57pm

Serena's agent spices up a Wellesley Centers for Women Panel...more

OCR "Dear Colleague" letter addresses Title IX and bullying
by Title IX Blog
posted October 26, 2010 at 8:20pm

Today the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights sent letters of guidance to thousands of educational institutions across the country, reminding them of their obligation under Title IX and other civil rights laws to protect students from bullyi...more

What do women ruggers want?
by After Atalanta
posted October 26, 2010 at 2:57pm

Carbs. Some funky spandex. And maybe a smidge of recognition.This article in WaPo did a great job describing the situation of many collegiate women's rugby teams. Most of them are club teams. That means they provide (or seek out through fundraising or non...more

Women's Ski Jumpers Feeling Optimistic about Inclusion in 2014 Olympics. Should they?
by anngaff
posted October 25, 2010 at 4:51pm

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that they will delay the final decision on whether to add several new events, including women's ski jumping, to the Olympic program for Sochi 2014. The IOC board has further announced that they ha...more

3 things that you believe about Title IX that just aren’t true
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted October 25, 2010 at 3:44pm

source < p> This is the first of three posts that I’ve put together for a myth busters series about women and athletics. As the name of this blog may have given away, I’m a woman. And I’ve played and coached sports for the majority of my li...more

OCR concludes investigation of Catawba College
by Title IX Blog
posted October 24, 2010 at 9:47pm

When Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C., cut its women's field hockey team last year, Kris concluded that this decision likely violated Title IX, as it served to exacerbate the College's existing disparities between men's and women's athletic opportunitie...more

Title IX Blog: Settlement at DSU
by Title IX Blog
posted October 21, 2010 at 10:44pm

The parties in the gender equity lawsuit against Delaware State University have agreed to a settlement. This case was scheduled to go to trial this week, but the comprehensive settlement has made court appearances unnecessary (besides a yet-to-be-schedule...more

Sexual harassment roundup
by Title IX Blog
posted October 20, 2010 at 6:42pm

Schools prevailed in three recent Title IX cases involving sexual harassment: A federal court in Pennsylvania refused to enjoin a university disciplinary proceeding allegedly filed in retaliation against a victim of sexual assault for reporting her abuse...more

Sumo For Girls...
by RunLikeAGirl
posted October 20, 2010 at 3:36pm

What do women ski jumpers and women sumo wrestlers have in common?...more

Women Talk Sports Weekly Radio Show #1: Special Guest Deedee Corradini, president of Women's Ski Jumping USA
by anngaff
posted October 17, 2010 at 4:29pm

Sunday afternoon, MarQ Piocos and l hosted the inaugural Women Talk Sports weekly radio show. Our special guest was Deedee Corradini, president of Women's Ski Jumping USA. Corradini has led an 8-year campaign to get women's ski jumping added to the Olymp...more

Title IX and bullying
by Title IX Blog
posted October 15, 2010 at 2:37pm

We have been fairly silent on the recent spate of anti-gay bullying. It is not from indifference--rather we have been very concerned and somewhat at a loss as to what to say. We have commented previously on bullying both anti-gay bullying and bullying tha...more

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