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Discrimination Against Trans Olympians Has Roots in Nazi Germany
1934 world champion runner Zdenek Koubek, boxer Imane Khelif, and how far we haven’t come on gender in sports.
by
Michael Waters
,
Alex Abad-Santos
via
Vox
on
August 1, 2024
Human Velocity
“The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports” upends long-held assumptions about trans people’s participation in sports.
by
Michael Waters
,
Frankie de la Cretaz
via
The Baffler
on
June 7, 2024
A Forgotten Athlete, a Nazi Official, and the Origins of Sex Testing at the Olympics
In 1936, the Czech track star Zdeněk Koubek became world-famous after undergoing surgery so that he could live openly as a man.
by
Michael Waters
via
The New Yorker
on
June 1, 2024
