LGBTQ+ athletes claim the field
Subtitle: striving for equality
By: Kirstin Cronn-Mills, with an introduction by Alex Jackson Nelson, MSW, LGSW
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781467780124
Subjects: Transgender athletes; Juvenile literature; Lesbian athletes; Bisexual athletes; Gay athletes
Description: In 2015, the world watched as soccer star Abby Wambach kissed her wife after the US women's World Cup victory. Milwaukee Brewers' minor league first baseman David Denson came out as gay. And Caitlyn (born Bruce) Jenner, an Olympic decathlete, came out as transgender. It hasn't always been this way. Many great athletes have stayed in the closet their whole lives, or at least until retirement. Social attitudes, institutional policies, and laws are slow to change, but they are catching up. Together, athletes, families, educators, allies, and fans are pushing for competitive equity so that every athlete, regardless of identity, can have the opportunity to play at their very best.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1. Power, Pride and Prejudice; title: Chapter 2. Access History and Issues; title: Chapter 3. Access, Gender, and Trans* and Intersex Athletes; title: Chapter 4. Official Access Keepers Who (Sometimes) Help Athletes Claim Their Fields; title: Chapter 5. Athletes Who Claimed Their Fields; title: Chapter 6. Future Plays; title: Epilogue; title: Timeline.