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The Movement to Exclude Trans Girls from Sports

By Masha Gessen — 2021

The opposition is cast as one between cis-girl athletes on the one hand and a vast liberal conspiracy on the other.

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“I Am a Woman and I Am Fast”: What Caster Semenya’s Story Says about Gender and Race in Sports

The constant scrutiny into the runner’s medical history reveals what happens to women who don’t conform to stereotypes.

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Dealing with Impostor Syndrome When You’re Treated as an Impostor

Impostor syndrome is not a unique feeling, but some researchers believe it hits minority groups harder.

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LGBTQ American Indians Report High Levels of Depression and Abuse, Study Finds

“If LGBTQ people get assaulted or beaten up in a hate crime on tribal land, it’s often not prosecuted,” one advocate said.

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Black and White Teammates Know: Conflict Is Inevitable; Winners Confront It

Plenty of people love to describe the world of athletics in utopian terms, using words such as “colorblind” and “open-minded” and “meritocracy.” They’re not wrong to regard their realm as better than the so-called real world.

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Serena Williams: How Black Women Can Close the Pay Gap

Black women are 37 cents behind men in the pay gap—in other words, for every dollar a man makes, black women make 63 cents.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Continues His Fight for Racial Equality

Basketball legend lauds 'profound influence' of Black athletes when it comes to social justice.

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Want to Support Women’s Sports? Try Actually Supporting Women’s Sports

Hand-wringing about the sanctity of women’s sports reflects an unwillingness to understand what it truly means to be transgender.

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Beth Moore Split Highlights Division in the Southern Baptist Convention

Moore is the latest prominent Southern Baptist to publicly leave the Southern Baptist Convention amid its struggles over race, gender and Trump’s legacy.

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How to Respond to Microaggressions

Should you let that comment slide, or address it head on? Is it more harm than it’s worth? We can help.

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