Description
Athlete is agender. Athlete can mean anyone. This affirming sports assemblage (PW, starred review) revels in the achievements of strong, passionate, and determined LGBTQ+ athletes across every age, level, and field of sports.
Find your strength in: Adam Rippons unbelievable journey from figure-skating Olympic alternate to the first openly gay Olympic medalist in his sport; CeC? Telfers career as a trans track star and her unwavering commitment to run for the future freedom of trans athletes; em dicksons relationship to eir gender identity and how sailing, a sport that doesnt categorize athletes by gender, helped em embrace eir power and identity, and many other invaluable true stories. Featuring testimonies by world-class athletes and award-winning childrens book authors, as well as profiles on culture-defining figures like Megan Rapinoe and Billie Jean King, Athlete Is Agender is a lifesaving book not to be missed.
This book is for:
LGBTQIA+ kids, teens, tweens, and adults
Athletes and sports fans
Readers looking to learn more about the LGBTQIA+ community
Parents of gay kids and other LGBTQIA+ youth
Educators looking for advice about the LGBTQIA+ community
TITLE IX UPDATE
Laws are constantly being debated, repealed, and fought for. On January 9th, 2025, a federal court in Kentucky argued that transgender and nonbinary students should not be covered by Title IX protections, rolling back the 2021 order from then-Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. Right now, schools are currently required to follow the old version of Title IX, which does not include a section on transgender athletes. Its up to us to keep pushing to get those protections back for transgender students. For transgender athletes reading this, the most powerful thing you can do is to be true to yourself, stay informed, and be sure to vote in every election you are eligible for.
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Author: Katherine Locke
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hach
Published: 05/13/2025
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9780316572002
Language: English
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