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2021

Athletics

Augustana College

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Why The Binary?: Cisnormativity In Athletics, Iliana Smiser Apr 2021

Why The Binary?: Cisnormativity In Athletics, Iliana Smiser

Audre Lorde Writing Prize

This paper examines the cisnormative environment created by men's and women's labeled sports, and how claims often used to exclude transgender, non binary, and intersex athletes are disproved by psychology and physiology. It also discusses the NCAA's current policies on the inclusion of transgender, non binary, and intersex athletes.