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An ESPN SportsCenter host is speaking out on the issue of transgender athletes competing in women's sports and urging her media colleagues to do the same by endorsing the message of former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines.

Promoters behind this Saturday's "Trans Day of Vengeance" rally at the Supreme Court in Washington DC have canceled the event "due to a credible threat to life and safety."

Kentucky became the 13th state to ban puberty-blocking drugs and sex-change surgeries for minors on Wednesday when the Republican-led legislature voted to override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a Senate Bill banning such treatments.

ESPN was widely criticized on social media over the weekend after it ran a segment celebrating Women's History Month by spotlighting transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.

A proposed law in Oregon would allow children beginning at age 15 to obtain hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery without parental consent or notification, according to a prominent ethicist.

This week, the worldwide governing body for track and field approved a new rule prohibiting transgender women from competing in women's events if they have gone through male puberty, calling it an issue of "fairness."

The Vermont Principals Association (VPA) has banned a Christian school from future tournaments after it forfeited a game because a transgender athlete was competing on the opposing team.

President Joe Biden recently called state laws banning gender transition surgeries for minors “cruel” and “close to sinful.”

Several prominent conservative women on Wednesday criticized the Biden administration after it gave an International Women of Courage Award to an Argentinian official who is biologically male but identifies as female.

Bethany Hamilton, one of the world's most popular female surfers, said Sunday she will not compete in World Surf League events if it goes forward with a rule change allowing biological males who identify as female to compete.