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The Pros and Cons of Youth Sports Aren’t Only Physical

By Marika Lindholm — 2017

Be mindful of a young athlete’s psychological well-being.

Read on www.psychologytoday.com

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Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child

The discovery that a child is lesbian or gay can send shockwaves through a family. A mother will question how she’s raised her son; a father will worry that his daughter will experience discrimination.

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We’re Raising Our Kids with No Gender | My Extraordinary Family

A THROUPLE are bringing up their two-year-old baby as ‘theyby,’ a term that refers to gender neutral parenting where the baby isn’t outwardly identified by its parents as either a boy or a girl.

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Love, No Matter What | Andrew Solomon

What is it like to raise a child who’s different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents—asking them: What’s the line between...

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#LetHerRun Campaign Calls to End Discrimination against Female Athletes

The criteria that define a woman in high-level sports still blocks women and trans people from competing. @KierJunos reports on the #LetHerRun campaign, and an SFU professor’s connection to the international movement.

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Megan Rapinoe Calls Out Sports Illustrated During Speech

Megan Rapinoe calls out Sports Illustrated; Rick Strom breaks it down.

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Raiders DE Carl Nassib Becomes the First Active NFL Player to Come Out as Gay | SportsCenter

Las Vegas Raiders DE Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as gay when he made the announcement, and pledged a $100,000 donation to the Trevor Project, on Instagram on Monday. Mina Kimes joins SportsCenter to discuss the importance of Nassib’s announcement.

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Gay Athletes Don’t Have to Fear Losing Sponsors Anymore

For decades gay athletes have feared losing endorsement deals if they came out publicly. Today they don’t have to have that fear, with various companies fully embracing out gay athletes.

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Athletes Fighting for LGBTQ Rights

The Tokyo Games have seen a historic number of publicly out athletes competing—putting a spotlight on LGBTQ+ rights in the sporting world. Professional boxer Makoto Kikuchi, who came out ahead of the Olympics, hopes to encourage more people to accept their identity.

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Fighting Sex Discrimination in Sports

Noriana Radwan lost her scholarship for “unsportsmanlike behavior” commonly accepted from male athletes. What happened? How do we make sure that all athletes, female athletes, trans athletes, LGBTQ+ athletes, belong in sports?

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LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field: Striving for Equality

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.

Kirstin Cronn-Mills, Alex Jackson Nelson

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