Dog-Eared is proud to be hosting author Ellie Roscher, in conversation with her friend Shannon Evans, for the release of her book "Fair Game" on Friday, February 6, at 7 PM.Even while queer athletes break barriers in the Olympics and make the news on state, national, and international levels, more and more states each year are placing strict restrictions on transgender athletes specifically.
In "Fair Game," Ellie, in collaboration with Dr. Anna Baeth, explores the place sports occupy in the lives of trans kids and adults, giving a fuller picture of this salient conversation. Join us to hear Ellie and Shannon discuss "Fair Game" and this important issue.
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About "Fair Game":
"Fair Game" offers an insightful, timely examination of the ongoing battle for equality in athletics. As LGBTQ athletes break barriers in the Olympics, transgender athletes still face harsh restrictions in many areas. With twenty-four states passing anti-trans sports legislation in the last two years, nearly half of Americans live under laws that restrict or ban transgender individuals from participating in sports. "Fair Game" explores why taking the next step and increasing the acceptance of trans athletes is important not only for everyone with an Olympic dream but also everyone whose kids just want to join the town soccer league.
"Fair Game" explores the role of sports in the lives of transgender youth and adults, offering a comprehensive, nuanced, and multivoiced picture of the transgender athletic experience. Through a woven collection of the narratives from a marginalized population, "Fair Game" examines the patterns of fear and gender stereotypes that undergird anti-trans legislation and offers helpful historical and political context about sex segregation in sports and how bodies (including trans bodies) work in sports.
Timely, accessible, inspiring, and rigorous, "Fair Game" presents a sports landscape beyond our current conceptions, a world changed by unrestricted and joyful movement in sports.
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203 Main Street, Ames, IA, United States, Iowa 50010
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