Katie Barnes

About the author: quoting from the book's dust jacket, "Katie Barnes (they/them) is an award winning journalist covering the intersection of sports and gender for ESPN. . . .(A)nd was named 2017 Journalist of the Year by the Association of LGBTQ Journalists." About the book: quoting from the book's dust jacket, Dave Zirin. sports editor at 'The Nation' and author of 'The Kaepernick Effect, [said of this work] (T)his is the book we've been waiting for. . .[it] discusses the complexities of a binary sports world in a gender-fluid universe. We have needed a book that, while having this critical discussion, also doesn't surrender the humanity of those who just want to play and feel safe." This book has an introduction, extensive chapter notes and is well indexed.… (meer)