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Out to Win

2015

A documentary that serves as an overview and examination of the lives and careers of aspiring and professional gay and lesbian athletes from all over the world.

99 min

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For Black LGBTQ Christians, Storytelling Is a Tool of Resilience

Black LGBTQ people are finding ways to share their stories and their spirituality, bridging a gap between faith and identity. The effort is leading some of them back to church, where acceptance is growing.

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Lindsey McGinnis
2022
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04:26

Derrick Coleman Hopes to Inspire Kids to Overcome Obstacles

The hearing-impaired Seattle Seahawks fullback is out with his inspirational memoir, “No Excuses.”

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2015
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Disabled LGBTQ+ Creatives Imagine a Better Tomorrow

In the fall of 2020 the Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced an 18-month initiative to increase the visibility of disabled creatives and elevate their voices.

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Jacob Anderson-Minshall
2021
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My boyfriend’s debut as an openly gay jockey showed it’s time sport stamped out homophobia for good and gave ALL LGBT athletes the chance to go for gold

Representation is crucial. It shows LGBT people that they can live the life they want, regardless of their sexuality. It tells them they can be successful in their chosen career, whether that’s sport or business, irrespective of how they were born.

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Edward Hardy
2021
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Coming Out Is Hard. SCOTUS Is Making It Harder.

But being your authentic self is now more important than ever.

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Zachary Zane
2019
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10:27

The Danger of Hiding Who You Are | Morgana Bailey

Morgana Bailey has been hiding her true self for 16 years. In a brave talk, she utters four words that might not seem like a big deal to some, but to her have been paralyzing. Why speak up? Because she’s realized that her silence has personal, professional and societal consequences.

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2015
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02:50

#LetHerRun Campaign Calls to End Discrimination against Female Athletes

The criteria that define a woman in high-level sports still blocks women and trans people from competing. @KierJunos reports on the #LetHerRun campaign, and an SFU professor’s connection to the international movement.

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2020
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Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field

A bold and impassioned meditation on injustice in our country that punctures the illusion of a postracial America and reveals it as a place where authoritarianism looms large.

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Howard Bryant
2024
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Beyond Triathlon: A Dual Memoir of Masters Women Athletes

Female students today never knew a time without Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which protects students from sex-based discrimination and exclusion in education programs or activities. It benefits all women, especially female athletes.

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Celeste Callahan, Dottie Dorion, Jane E. Hunt
2024
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The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions

The New Plantation examines the controversial relationship between predominantly White NCAA Division I Institutions (PWI s) and black athletes, utilizing an internal colonial model.

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Billy Hawkins
2013
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Athlete Well-Being