Transgender Inclusion in Sport

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George B. Cunningham Center for Sport Management Research and Education, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

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Risa Isard Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

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E. Nicole Melton Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/kr.2021-0040
Keywords:
LGBTQ+; trans athletes; diversity; human rights; sport management
First Published Online:
15 Dec 2021
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Volume 11: Issue 1
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64–70
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Questions about transgender individuals’ place in sport persist. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to focus on transgender inclusion in sport. Drawing from varied perspectives, the authors present five reasons for inclusion, basing their arguments on sport as a human right, fairness, gendered notions of athleticism, well-being, and economics. The authors then present a multilevel model for including transgender athletes, coaches, and administrators in sport, identifying factors at the macro-, meso-, and micro-levels of analysis.

Cunningham (gbcunningham@tamu.edu) is corresponding author, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1170-1780

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