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Rethinking Masculinity: On the Media Coverage of Harrison Browne

On Friday, Harrison Browne, a forward in his second season with the NWHL's Buffalo Beauts, publicly announced that he's a transgender man. It was a historic moment for North American professional team sports, and a series of scheduled features, interviews, and posts went live throughout the day. In the future,

Andrew

October 11, 2016

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Waiting Doesn't Work: Transphobia in Sports

When I was a kid, I was always taller than everyone else. When we had picture day at school, from kindergarten to grade eight, I was inevitably the one in the middle at the back of the class portrait who towered over the other kids.

The same was true of

Andrew

November 20, 2015