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Conservative talk show host Michael Medved has slammed the first openly transgender college basketball athlete, calling Kye Allums's participation in collegiate sports "[a]n insane level of political correctness." Allums, who came out as transgender in a recent interviewwith Outsports, has been embraced by George Washington University teammates and has not yet transitioned.

A basketball coach in Kentucky has assembled the Lady Legends basketball team, a group of top high school players dedicated to God and to rejecting the gay “lifestyle.” Jaye Collins started the program with his wife's support to encourage young girls to be "proud and secure in not being a part of the lesbian and homosexual lifestyle which is so prevalent in women's/girl's athletics."

George Washington University's Kye Allums, the first openly transgender basketball player in women's NCAA Division I history, missed three games due to a concussion but was back on the court Sunday.

The governing body of college sports has clarified its stance on allowing student athletes to undergo medical gender transition procedures while remaining eligible to play. The decision comes after George Washington University's Kye Allums came out as the first openly transgender college hoops player. Allums said that while he identifies as male, he will avoid hormone treatment or surgeries to remain on the women's team. Still, a GWU spokeswoman told Allums that he could undergo gender-reassignment surgery while maintaining his NCAA eligibility.

Kye Allums, a junior guard for the women’s basketball team at George Washington University, is the first publicly transgender person to play NCAA Division I college basketball. Allums changed his name from Kay-Kay earlier this year. A Minnesota native, he will make a very significant homecoming this month.

Champion high jumper Kasja Bergqvist has confirmed that she is in a “fantastic” relationship with a woman. The Swedish athlete, who won the world high jumping title in 2005 as well as a bronze medal in 2000 Olympics is quoted in an upcoming issue of the Swedish gay magazine QX as saying that while she and her partner, Kristina, have been together for a while, the pair hasn’t gone public until now because of privacy issues.

Neidigh writes that remaining closeted was damaging to her health.

A video showing a group of New York Yankees fans singing a virulently homophobic song accusing gay men of spreading AIDS has prompted action from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Cossar – who has recently retired from the sport – was captain of the Canadian team during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.