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  • NCAA backs transgender athletes, says events will be in places 'free of discrimination'

    04/12/2021 3:41:58 PM PDT · by Stravinsky · 82 replies
    NBC News ^ | April 12, 2020 | Jo Yuruba
    The NCAA, which regulates college athletics in the U.S., backed transgender athletes Monday, saying it won’t hold championship events in locations that aren’t “free of discrimination.” As Republicans in more than two dozen states target transgender athletes, the NCAA Board of Governors said it "firmly and unequivocally supports the opportunity for transgender student-athletes to compete in college sports." It said its "more inclusive" policy for transgender athletes, which requires testosterone suppression treatment for transgender women to compete in women's sports, means “inclusion and fairness can coexist for all student-athletes, including transgender athletes, at all levels of sport.” The board said...
  • Bono meets Pentagon chief to discuss poverty

    01/23/2008 4:15:39 PM PST · by ECM · 42 replies · 334+ views
    Reuters via Y! UK ^ | 1-24-08 | Andrew Gray
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U2 lead singer and activist Bono visited the Pentagon to discuss Africa and the fight against global poverty with U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates, representatives of the two men said on Wednesday. Among the topics at the 20-minute meeting on Tuesday afternoon were U.S. plans to set up a new U.S. military command for Africa, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said. "I think this was a chance for two people who care about the problems facing the continent of Africa to talk about their shared interest in solving those problems," Morrell said of the meeting that was...