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  • Has World Aquatics solved the transgender swimming problem?

    07/27/2023 8:18:39 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 17 replies
    Hotair ^ | 07/27/2023 | Jazz Shaw
    Last summer, World Aquatics, the group that oversees most international swimming competitions, angered the trans community when they changed their rules to bar most male athletes from competing against women unless they had “transitioned” prior to the age of 12. It was one of the most sensible moves we’ve seen throughout this entire debate, but they were hit with the usual charges of transphobia, hate speech, and all the rest. It appears that they were not entirely insensitive to the complaints and they have been working since then to formulate a new compromise. This week, the group’s president announced that...
  • Soon: LIVE Report - Pres. Obama Remarks at Edward M. Kennedy Institute Opening LIVE THREAD

    03/30/2015 9:14:53 AM PDT · by MeshugeMikey · 28 replies
    ABC ^ | March 30 2015 | No Attribution
    LIVE Report - Pres. Obama Remarks at Edward M. Kennedy Institute Opening
  • Fewer and fewer colleges requiring swimming test to graduate

    05/07/2006 11:30:26 AM PDT · by Dog Gone · 115 replies · 2,583+ views
    associated press ^ | May 7, 2006 | JUSTIN POPE
    On a recent Friday morning, a line of bathing-suit clad students stood beside a campus swimming pool, waiting to jump in. They had come to persuade the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill they were worthy of a college degree — which they were not, in UNC's eyes, until they could swim 50 yards and tread water for five minutes.For many, it was an annoying inconvenience, for others a moment of pride in conquering their fear of water. But the scene also was a small slice of collegiate history. This was the last swim test day at one of...