Description

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Acknowledging the formidable hurdles trans and nonbinary athletes face in their struggles for inclusion, acceptance, and freedom, this book documents and analyses their resistance across a range of social-cultural and geopolitical contexts, from community sport to high-performance competition.

About the Author

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Ali Durham Greey (they/them) is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. Their work examines the experiences of trans and nonbinary people in sport and education. Ali is a SSHRC- Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholar and a retired member of the Canadian Olympic boxing team. Helen Jefferson Lenskyj (she/her) is Professor Emerita, University of Toronto. Her work as a researcher and activist on gender and sport issues began in the 1980s, and her critiques of the Olympic industry include seven books, most recently The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach (Emerald, 2020).