Auckland’s exclusive Saint Kentigern Boys’ Presbyterian College has produced many star athletes over the years, but none quite as divisive as Laurel Hubbard. The 43-year-old competitive weightlifter has been selected to represent New Zealand at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics – making her the first transgender athlete to compete at sport’s highest level. Hubbard transitioned from … Read more
Auckland’s exclusive Saint Kentigern Boys’ Presbyterian College has produced many star athletes over the years, but none quite as divisive as Laurel Hubbard. The 43-year-old competitive weightlifter was this week selected to represent New Zealand at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics – making her the first transgender athlete to compete at sport’s highest level. Hubbard transitioned … Read more
First trans cover star for the WI’s magazine: Petra, 74, graces publication cover and says she is ‘honoured’ to raise awareness about transgender issues In a first, Petra Wenham, 74, has appeared in the July/August magazine WI Life Miss Wenham, who has two children and two grandchildren, came out in 2015 A member of of … Read more
First trans cover star for the WI’s magazine: Petra, 74, graces publication cover and says she is ‘honoured’ to raise awareness about transgender issues In a first, Petra Wenham, 74, has appeared in the July/August magazine WI Life Miss Wenham, who has two children and two grandchildren, came out in 2015 A member of of … Read more
Weightlifter Emily Campbell defends Laurel Hubbard’s Tokyo inclusion with New Zealander set to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics… as Team GB star insists ‘she’s qualified for this competition fairly’ By David Coverdale For The Daily Mail Published: 16:01 BST, 30 June 2021 | Updated: 22:50 BST, 30 June 2021 British weightlifter … Read more
Transgender people reveal how they’re REALLY treated in the workplace – from being too scared to tell ‘close-minded’ colleagues in case they lose their job to thought of as ‘less qualified’ since coming out Transgender people posted their experiences at work on Whisper sharing app Some said on the anonymous US-based community were afraid of … Read more
Transgender people reveal how they’re REALLY treated in the workplace – from being too scared to tell ‘close-minded’ colleagues in case they lose their job to thought of as ‘less qualified’ since coming out Transgender people posted their experiences at work on Whisper sharing app Some said on the anonymous US-based community were afraid of … Read more
A Virginia man who was arrested after refusing to leave a school board meeting that was discussing a controversial ‘critical race theory’ curriculum alongside proposals for a new contentious transgender policy has said the meeting was being run by a ‘tyrant’. Loudoun County resident, John Tigges, was put in handcuffs by county police for refusing to … Read more
Trans weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will not have an ‘overwhelming advantage’ when she competes in Tokyo, according to an expert in the field of transgender sport. Hubbard’s inclusion in the New Zealand Olympic team has divided international opinion with one campaigner claiming a person ‘who is born a male has benefited from lifelong testosterone’ enhancing their … Read more
The Loudoun County School Board in Virginia cut off public comment during a meeting on Tuesday as residents debated contentious transgender policy proposals and Critical Race Theory. County residents arrived early to pack the auditorium as 259 residents signed up to speak during the public comment session before the debates became so heated that at least … Read more