In The Media

Media for the past few years

• Guest on Dr. Phil Show, Dr Phil – “Nancy Hogshead Makes The Case for the Female Sports Category,” October 2022.
• TikTok, Olympian Nancy Hogshead-Makar joined the Dr. Phil show to advocate for #femaleathletes and for fairness and equal opportunity for women.; July 6, 2023, available:
  https://www.tiktok.com/@independentwomensforum/video/7252417041242574122
• State Of Swimming, Navratilova, Hogshead-Makar Slam ‘Ignorant’ Notion That Thomas’ Male Body ‘Not The Problem’, “Hogshead-Makar’s conclusion to a long X thread of repeated insight sums up the wearying nature of being forced to fight against male colonialization of female spaces and races: “I’m exhausted. I could keep going, but this article repetitively downplays real biological sex differences that are determinative in sport, as a way to address sexism, misogyny and male dominance. Allowing men in women’s sports & spaces doesn’t do this for women… it only makes our plight worse.””; February 7, 2024, available at: https://www.stateofswimming.com/navratilova-hogshead-makar-slam-ignorant-notion-that-thomas-male-body-not-the-problem/
•  The Washington Post, Pressure Mounts On NCAA To Clarify Stance On Transgender Athletes, “Nancy Hogshead-Makar, a U.S. Olympic gold medalist in swimming and CEO of the advocacy organization Champion Women, started an email campaign to urge supporters to email a form letter to the Board of Governors.”; April 23, 2024, available at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04/23/ncaa-transgender-rule-changes/
• Next Impulse Sports, College Transgender Sports Ban Sparks Outrage, April 9, 2024, available at: https://nextimpulsesports.com/politics/naia-college-transgender-sports-ban-outrage/
• World News Group, Female Athletes Sue NCAA For Forcing Them To Compete With Men, March 15, 2024, available at: https://wng.org/roundups/female-athletes-sue-ncaa-for-forcing-them-to-compete-with-men-1710515133
•  News4JAX, The Local Station, This Week in Jacksonville: Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Michael Waltz, Rick Mullaney, March 8, 2024, available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzSm8tSh5Ak
•  State Of Swimming, Lia Thomas Seeks To Up-End Fair Play Rules With Trans Challenge To World Aquatics At CAS, January 25, 2024, available at: https://www.stateofswimming.com/lia-thomas-seeks-to-up-end-fair-play-rules-with-trans-challenge-to-world-aquatics-at-cas/
•  Diverse Education, Former Athletes and Coaches Rally Against Trans Inclusion in Women's Sports During Annual NCAA Convention, “Among the rally’s participants were the Independent Women's Forum, swimmers Marshi Smith and Kylee Allons, three-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Nancy Hogshead-Makar, and former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines.” January 12, 2024, available at: https://www.diverseeducation.com/sports/article/15661887/former-athletes-and-coaches-rally-against-trans-inclusion-in-womens-sports-during-annual-ncaa-convention
•  AZ Central, Protesters Rally Against Transgender Athletes Outside NCAA Convention In Phoenix, “We call on Charlie Baker,” Nancy Hogshead-Makar, a 1984 Olympic gold medalist, said. “We call on the NCAA to make sure women's sports stays for women.””; January 11, 2024, available at:
•  Business News, Anti-Semitism controversy on college campuses is a direct result of identity politics – Op Ed, “But what happens when people from one oppressed group are accused of oppressing others? … when Lia Thomas, a man who was “transitioning” to become a woman, joined the University of Pennsylvania women's swimming team, university officials warned the athletes that anyone who spoke out against Thomas would be punished and have to face serious consequences. “Whenever swimmers expressed any discomfort or had any second thoughts or wanted to discuss it with Penn leaders or their coaches, they were immediately put on hold. There is no space for them to say anything. They've been told that if they speak out they'll never get a job again, that corporate America will Google their name and say, ‘Transphobe, we don't want that.’ They have been told that they cannot do anything. Olympic swimmer and attorney Nancy Hogshead-Makar said:” January 5, 2024 available at: https://biz.crast.net/anti-semitism-controversy-on-college-campuses-is-a-direct-result-of-identity-politics-oped/
• The Sun, Support Grows for Suit Against Connecticut’s Policy Allowing Transgender Athletes To Compete in Women’s Sports, December 19, 2023 available at: https://www.nysun.com/article/support-grows-for-suit-against-connecticuts-policy-allowing-transgender-athletes-to-compete-in-womens-sports
•  The Minnesota Republic, We Need Allies Across the Political Spectrum: Riley Gaines, “I will tell you, Nancy has become a dear friend, and she’s been an advocate for Title IX for women. She was a former world record holder for swimming. She’s been incredible. You’re exactly right: Me and her probably don’t agree on a whole lot of other things, but I’ll tell you what, she is a dear friend and someone I very much look up to.”; November 28, 2023 available at: https://mnrepublic.com/9774/news/we-need-allies-across-the-political-spectrum-riley-gaines/
• Daily Mail, IOC would have already helped swimmers robbed of medals by doping cheats if they were men, claims USA pool legend Nancy Hogshead - as she savages the body for being 'chicken’, “When asked if a man in Sharron Davies's position would have been given an Olympic gold medallist by now, Nancy Hogshead is unequivocal.” June 17, 2023, available at:
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-12206429/IOC-helped-swimmers-robbed-medals-men-claims-USA-legend.html
•  SC Times, Third category of sports for transgender athletes is the only way to create fairness, “Nancy Hogshead-Makar, a triple gold medalist in swimming at 1984 Angeles Olympic Games stated, “Other than the constitutional right to vote, possibly no other piece of legislation has had a greater effect on women’s lives than Title IX.” May 21, 2023, available at: https://www.sctimes.com/story/opinion/2023/05/21/third-category-of-sports-for-transgender-athletes-is-only-fair/70210105007/
•  Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, By Title IX standards, NIL stands for Not Inherently Legal | Commentary - Orlando Sentinel, “These pay-for-play collectives are not going to pass muster under Title IX,” says nationally renowned Title IX attorney Nancy Hogshead-Makar. “Believe me, lawyers are getting ready to challenge this.”; April 15, 2023, available at:  https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/04/15/by-title-ix-standards-nil-stands-for-not-inherently-legal-commentary/
• Dave Zirin, The Nation, Banning Trans Athletes Is Just the Beginning, “One Olympic gold medalist who supports a trans ban and has written upon it extensively is the swimmer Nancy Hogshead-Makar, who founded the organization Champion Women. As Dr. Johanna Mellis, cohost of the End of Sports Pod, tweeted to me (and I reprint with permission): “Enraging how several cishet [cisgender, heterosexual] white women like NHM [Nancy Hogshead–Makar] who ostensibly vote Dem and believe in abortion rights are trans panic-ers and boosting their platform off such bigotry.”; March 7, 2023, available at: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/congress-sports-federal-ban-trans-athletes/
• 2013 – 2017: Featured in We Are Straight Allies Campaign, in support of a human rights ordinance for the LGBT community; available at: https://wearestraightallies.com/tag/nancy-hogshead-makar/

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