- AutismThey intended to support autism awareness and neurodiversity, but were fired because conservatives in town thought their colorful display supported the LGBTQ+ community.
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Mental Health"I've been disheartened over the last few years as I watched the rising hate and heard the vitriol towards the trans community," Wilson said in a statement. "My intent with this bill was to give them a voice, particularly in the family court system where a non-affirming parent could have a detrimental impact on the mental health and well-being of a child."
- Behavioral HealthDemocrat Ismail "Izzy" Smith Wade-El, who is bi and nonbinary, was elected to the Pennsylvania House last year, becoming its first nonbinary member. He was previously president of the Lancaster City Council, and he has worked as a community organizer and with nonprofit groups as a behavioral health counselor, grant writer, and provider of services to people experiencing homelessness. "Izzy has come to Harrisburg to partner with likeminded legislators to correct the Commonwealth’s laws that favor giant corporations, lobbyists, and a status quo that hurts working families," says his House website. "Those laws prevent the leveling of the playing field for friends and neighbors. He will advocate for legislation that puts power to the shared values of kindness, welcome, dignity, and care."
- Anxiety
- RhinoplastyIn 1988, the same year the Chicago Tribune pointed out Flo-Jo’s “4-inch, curved, tiger-striped fingernails,†figure skater Debi Thomas won a bronze medal, becoming the first Black woman to receive a medal in the Winter Games. Thomas has since revealed that she underwent ethnic rhinoplasty well before this milestone after she was advised that a nose job would likely result in better scores from judges. A premed student at Stanford University while competing for Olympic glory, Thomas was highly respectable, but that didn’t prevent the International Skating Union from banning women skaters from wearing costumes without skirts after she competed in a unitard during the 1988 Winter Games. In 2009, Thomas said that she thought the unitard was modest and that she was not the first skater to wear one. On her Black body, the garment suddenly became objectionable.
- Sports MedicineA 2018 article in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine found that “there is no direct evidence of performance-enhancing effects in athletes†who use cannabis. But the USADA prohibits cannabis consumption because athletes could presumably hurt themselves or others due to the sluggishness induced by the drug. While legal in many states, marijuana is still an illicit substance nationally, casting doubt on whether athletes who use it can serve as role models, according to the agency. Also of concern is that many countries that compete in the Olympics ban the drug, which could enhance performance by curbing anxiety, a plus for nervous athletes. Since Richardson did not use cannabis before a competition, however, none of these concerns apply to her consumption of the substance.