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UNR Moves Forward With Volleyball Match Despite Players’ Forfeit Over SJSU Transgender Athlete

October 14, 2024 4:08 pmOctober 18, 2024 3:29 pm

Earlier today, University of Nevada Reno (UNR) women’s volleyball team announced they would forfeit their upcoming Oct. 26 match against San Jose State University (SJSU) due to their transgender player Blaire Fleming. The team specifically cited “fairness and safety concerns” as their reasons for forfeit. Lt. Governor Stavros Anthony praised...

UNR President Sandoval Enters ‘What is a Woman’ Fray

March 14, 2024 3:54 pmMarch 20, 2024 11:20 am

Yesterday, University of Nevada, Reno President Brian Sandoval sent an internal memo (see below) to faculty, students and staff in response to a comment made by Regent Patrick Boylan in relation to trans-women athletes. During a Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents meeting on March 1, Regent Boylan...

Dems Field Two Transgender Candidates for Nevada Lt. Governor

April 6, 2022 1:44 pmApril 6, 2022 2:28 pm

Henderson Mayor Debra March and Sisolak-appointed Lt. Governor Lisa Cano Burkhead aren’t the only Democratic women in the race for Lt. Governor of Nevada. Not one, but two transgender women are running as well. Unlike women’s sports, these two transgender women won’t have the upper hand on the biological women...