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LGBTQIA Well-Being & athlete well being

Below are the best resources we could find on LGBTQIA Well-Being and athlete well being.

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Breaking the Surface

Champions aren’t born, they’re made. The haunting, searingly candid New York Times bestselling memoir of Greg Louganis’ journey to overcome homophobia, colorism, and disability to become one of the best Olympic athletes in the world.

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The Reappearing Act: Coming Out as Gay on a College Basketball Team Led by Born-Again Christians

It’s hard enough coming out, but playing basketball for a nationally ranked school and trying to figure out your sexual identity in the closeted and paranoid world of big-time college sports—that’s a challenge.

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Ellen Chats with Inspiring College Football Player Jake Bain

Ellen sat down with Indiana State University football player Jake Bain, who gave an inspiring speech during a high school assembly, in which he came out to all of his peers.

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My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing Tall

Elena Delle Donne, 2015 WNBA MVP and 2016 Olympic gold medalist, shares her inspirational story of being a young basketball prodigy who gave up an impressive basketball scholarship for family and self-discovery.

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The Movement to Exclude Trans Girls from Sports

The opposition is cast as one between cis-girl athletes on the one hand and a vast liberal conspiracy on the other.

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The Brittney Griner Effect Part 1: Homophobia Affects Athletic Performance of LGBT Athletes

We had the great pleasure to speak with Dr. Jenny Lind Withycombe about gender diversity among elite athletes. Dr. Jenny Lind Withycombe, has over 15 years’ experience within the field of athletics as an athlete, coach, consultant, sport psychologist, and diversity and inclusion educator.

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LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field: Striving for Equality

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 (born Bruce) Jenner, an Olympic decathlete, came out as transgender. It hasn't always been this way.

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When this Gay College Soccer Player Was Called a Slur by an Opponent, His Team Rallied around Him to a 5–0 Win

Couper Gunn had talked openly with his team about gay slurs and their impact on him. It impacted him that night.

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Athletes Fighting for LGBTQ Rights

The Tokyo Games have seen a historic number of publicly out athletes competing—putting a spotlight on LGBTQ+ rights in the sporting world. Professional boxer Makoto Kikuchi, who came out ahead of the Olympics, hopes to encourage more people to accept their identity.

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On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating

An insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect for readers of Fierce by Aly Raisman and Forward by Abby Wambach.

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