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Authors: Alex and Luci, transgender people<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although transgender people have been openly participating in sports for decades, trans athletes \u2013 particularly trans women and girls \u2013 have faced a significant portion of criticism in recent years. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This strange focus on trans-identified people, who comprise roughly 1% of the world population, has recently taken center stage, with the amount of anti-trans bills passed increasing considerably in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few notable transgender athletes, as well as their accomplishments:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Laurel Hubbard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Hubbard participated in the women’s super-heavyweight 87-kilogram weightlifting division, but she failed all three of her lifts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to being the oldest lifter at the Games, she also made history by being the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kye Allums<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kye became one of the first openly transgender NCAA Division I college athletes after coming out in 2010. Now an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, Allums visits colleges and high schools to speak about the transgender community and offer guidance on dealing with bullies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2015, he received an induction into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fallon Fox<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is the first mixed martial arts competitor who is openly transgender. Fox was widely questioned about whether she was properly licensed to compete against other women after coming out in 2013. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2012 and 2014, Fox won five of her six professional mixed martial arts fights. In 2014, she was admitted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tifanny Abreu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first transgender player to compete in Brazil’s top volleyball league, the Brazil Superliga, she received clearance to play as a woman in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“My greatest legacy is not to reach an Olympics, but to open paths for new trans athletes in the near future. My wish is that, more and more, confederations start to see us not as trans people, but as athletes.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Quinn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quinn is a transgender, non-binary athlete who plays for the Canadian women’s national soccer team. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, they helped the Canadian women’s team in winning the gold medal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, they became the first transgender, non-binary athlete to earn an Olympic champion title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a 2021 study that was published in the Journal Sports Medicine, legislators’ attempts to outlaw transgender women from participating in sports are not supported by any scientific data<\/em>. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In November 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) released its Framework on Fairness, Inclusion, and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations. This framework was developed after a two-year consultation process with over 250 athletes and stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the most common myths regarding transgender women in sports are the following:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n