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LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field: Striving for Equality
Contributor(s): Cronn-Mills, Kirstin (Author), Nelson, Alex Jackson (Author)
ISBN: 146778012X     ISBN-13: 9781467780124
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
OUR PRICE:   $32.92  
Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats
Published: August 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Lgbt
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - General
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism
Dewey: 796.086
LCCN: 2015036754
Lexile Measure: 1230
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.1" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 104 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 182908
Reading Level: 8.6   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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In 2015, the world watched as soccer star Abby Wambach kissed her wife after the US women's World Cup victory. Milwaukee Brewers' minor league first baseman David Denson came out as gay. And Caitlyn Jenner, an Olympic decathlete, came out as transgender.

It hasn't always been this way. Many great athletes have stayed in the closet their whole lives, or at least until retirement. Social attitudes, institutional policies, and laws are slow to change, but they are catching up. Together, athletes, families, educators, allies, and fans are pushing for competitive equity so that every athlete, regardless of identity, can have the opportunity to play at their very best.

Contributor Bio(s): Cronn-Mills, Kirstin: -

Kirstin Cronn-Mills, PhD, teaches writing, literature, and critical thinking at South Central College in North Mankato, Minnesota. She writes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books and articles. Her first young adult novel, The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don't Mind, was a Minnesota Book Award finalist. Her second--Beautiful Music for Ugly Children, a coming-of-age story about Gabe, a trans* music geek--was a Lambda Literary Award finalist and the 2014 Stonewall Book Award winner for best children's and young adult book about the gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender experience.