World-class Olympic swimmer, winner of no fewer than three gold medals and one silver medal, Nancy Hogshead has fought this battle before. Nancy was a leader in the movement to prevent Olympic athletes from gaining an unfair advantage through doping.
An athlete who is found to have no fault for having a performance-enhancing drug in their body is still disqualified. When we were dealing with the doping issue, nobody of my stature stood up for us. Some are younger, in high school. It lasted 30 days and covered 30 states, featuring more than 50 speakers, including Olympians, current and former NCAA athletes, coaches, and civil rights lawyers. Throughout the tour, the speakers were impressive.
These are life-changing opportunities: we cannot ask women to sacrifice even one. To top it off, eggs had been hurled at the bus. While no one was hurt, the episode led to more media coverage and demonstrated the vitriol coming from transgender activists. We have lesbians who are members of the coalition on Our Bodies, Our Sports.
We have people like Martina Navratilova who is a long-time leader for gay rights. I would have thought you were crazy. Nancy founded Champion Women we like the name, too , a nonprofit that provides legal advocacy for girls and women in sports, in In addition to her Olympic credentials, Nancy is an honors graduate of Duke University and went on to earn a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
Title IX originally stated that educational institutions that received our federal tax dollars could not discriminate on the basis of sex, and this included athletic programs.
