A collection of 11 posts
The world I envision for trans and nonbinary athletes is one that is very different from the reality that cis gatekeepers create. Even the most inclusive policy cannot withstand the pressures of being created, implemented, and enforced by cis management. When that management has a
I'm having a really hard time reconciling the NWSL's trans athlete policy with its self-professed trans and nonbinary inclusion. "We see you, hear you and celebrate you," the NWSL tweeted on Trans Day of Visibility – but I haven't seen the league do anything to support
The National Women's Soccer League released its Policy on Transgender Athletes on March 31, 2021 -- on Trans Day of Visibility. This choice, and the policy itself, highlight both the problem with "visibility" for its own sake and trans inclusion policies as currently envisioned by
On Thursday night I was on the subway in Toronto with dozens of Blue Jays fans who had attended the Jays' Pride Night game at Rogers Centre. Many were still wearing the free giveaway: a Jays rainbow Henley. From the conversations I overheard and the
This past week, USA Hockey released its new regulations for transgender and non-binary inclusion. Evaluating this policy requires an acknowledgement of the highly transphobic times in which it was released. It comes the same week as the United States Supreme Court upheld President Trump's transgender
Prior to the 2018-2019 university sports season, U Sports had no specific trans-inclusion guidelines or regulations, despite nearly two decades of dialogue about trans participation in elite sports.