Transgender athletes
LGBTQ Olympians deserve fair coverage. GLAAD's Olympic guide helps them get that.
GLAAD’s media-shaping work was in full swing during the Summer Olympic Games, held in Tokyo.
VICE News interviews Jaiyah Saelua, the first transgender athlete to play in a World Cup qualifier
In 2011, Jaiyah Saelua of American Samoa became the first openly transgender person to play in a FIFA World Cup qualifier. Her performance in the match was instrumental to breaking the American Samoan team's losing streak by clearing a goal-bound ball from the opposing team and preserving their first ever win.
WATCH: Transgender athlete Chloie Jonsson speaks to KTVU about lawsuit against CrossFit
In an interview with KTVU in California, 34-year-old transgender athlete Chloie Jonsson discusses her lawsuit against CrossFit after the company banned her from competing with other women.
Transgender teen takes softball field with all the other California girls
Because of California's recently enacted law, AB 1266, transgender students like Pat Cordova-Goff can participate in actvities and facitilites that align with their gender identity. Al Jazeera America highlighted Cordova-Goff's story.

May 9, 2013
by Mari Haywood
California transgender student has to quit basketball team, but keeps passion for the sport
Tony Bias, a transgender male who is currently a sophomore at River City High School in Sacramento, California is learning what it's like to be a transgender high school athlete. Tony once had high hopes of playing professional basketball but after coming out as transgender and becoming the victim of bullying by fellow schoolmates, Tony stopped playing basketball and now just shoots around alone in the gym during his free time.