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In Episode 1, I start to introduce you to some of the legal scholars and advocates I interviewed in my research. Their remarks all come from recorded interviews that are available in full via provided links. I excerpted these specific portions to frame my approach to discussing the significance of excluding transgender youth from playing sports with their peers. In addition to causing direct harm to individuals, participation bans create broader social harms that we should find extremely concerning. If we value the provision of a well-rounded and robust primary educational experience to all children, then it strikes me as profoundly inconsistent to support cutting trans and non-binary kids out of a significant aspect of that experience. It is important to this issue that we consider what an education consists of, and the role athletics plays in our educational institutions. I am tremendously grateful to each of these individuals for the time they spent, both during their interviews and before.
This episode features clips from conversations with:
Shira Berkowitz (Organizational Bio)
Senior Director of Public Policy & Advocacy, PROMO
Erin Buzuvis (Faculty Profile)
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Western New England School of Law
Works referenced:
- Erin E. Buzuvis, Including Transgender Athletes in Sex-Segregated Sport, in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Sport: Essays from Activists, Coaches, and Scholars 23 (George B. Cunningham ed., 2012).
- Erin Buzuvis, "As Who They Really Are": Expanding Opportunities for Transgender Athletes to Participate in Youth and Scholastic Sports, 34 L. & Ineq. 341 (2016).
- Erin Buzuvis et. al., Sport Is for Everyone: A Legal Roadmap for Transgender Participation in Sport, 31 J. Legal Aspects of Sport 212 (2021).
Dr. Jeremy Piasecki (Organizational Bio)
Executive Director, Culture in Sports
Kurt Weaver
Chief Operating Officer, You Can Play Project
Kim Yuracko (Faculty Profile)
Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Works referenced:
- Kimberly Yuracko, Transgender Inclusion and Girls’ Sports: A Look at What’s at Stake, 3 Am. J. L. & Equity 1 (forthcoming 2023).
- Kimberly Yuracko, The Culture War Over Girls’ Sports: Understanding the Argument for Transgender Girls’ Inclusion, 67 Vill. L. Rev. 717 (2022).
Other articles, sources, and media referenced in this episode:
- Dear Schuyler, Should Trans Women Be Included in Women’s Sports? (Apr. 24, 2023)
- Valerie Moyer, GSI Poll: So You Think You Know About Transgender Athletes…, Global Sport Matters (June 11, 2021)
- MM Johns et al., Transgender Identity and Experiences of Violence Victimization, Substance Use, Suicide Risk, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — 19 States and Large Urban School Districts, 2017. 68 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 67–71 (2019), https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6803a3.htm
- Mack Beggs: 'Change the laws and then watch me wrestle the boys', ESPN (Mar. 2, 2017)
- Mirin Fadar, Andraya Yearwood Knows She Has the Right to Compete, Bleacher Report (Dec. 17, 2018)
- Delaney Parks and Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, Groups Protesting Lia Thomas' Participation in NCAA Championships Met with Counter-Demonstrations, The Daily Pennsylvanian (March 17, 2022, 11:24 pm)
- Athletic Equality Index, Athlete Ally
Publication Date
9-24-2023
Disciplines
Education Law | Law and Gender
Recommended Citation
Gras, Sara, "Episode 1: More Than a Game" (2023). Season 01. 3.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/hearsay-s01/3
