Athlete is agender : true stories of LGBTQ+ people in sports / edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby ; art by Jess Vosseteig.
| Other author | Locke, Katherine, editor. |
| Other author | Melleby, Nicole, editor. |
| Other author | Vosseteig, Jess, illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xviii, 206 pages illustrations 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | True stories of Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+ people in sports |
| Physical medium | illustrations. |
| Contents | Introduction -- A note on pronouns -- What is Title IX? And why does it matter? -- Sports as confrontation and celebration / by Marieke Nijkamp -- Finding myself on the ice / by A. J. Sass -- Landing with pride: my journey to the Olympic podium / by Adam Rippon -- Get to know Augustus "Gus" Kenworthy: freestyle skier -- Hockey is for everyone: a conversation with Jack Fernandes and Iz Fuerter of the New York City Gay Hockey Association -- Get to know Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley: two women, a basketball, and a dream -- The visibility of queer women in the WNBA -- and what that means to me / by Nicole Melleby -- The fundamentals of losing in team sports, and winning Oreo Blizzards / by Erik J. Brown -- Get to know Carl Nassib: first out gay active player in the National Football League -- Chipper's comeback: growing up twice on the football field over forty years and four quarters / by Karleigh Webb -- Making waves: confessions of a water fitness prodigy / by Isaac Fitzsimons -- Get to know Billie Jean King: tennis champion battling the sexes -- For the love of the horse, love of a body: horse riding and finding my strength / by Katherine Locke -- High-jump your heart out / by Quince Mountain -- The word sailor is agender: competing as just me / by em dickson -- Skating between genders on my longboard / by Vincent Tirado -- Get to know Ellia Green: rugby champion, Olympic gold medalist, and transgender activist -- Maybe it was a drag: finding myself as a skater by performing as someone else / by Karina Manta -- My whole life ahead of me: the end of my swimming career / by Schuyler Bailar -- Get to know Lia Thomas: fighting in the pool, and out of it -- Running my heart out / by CeCé Telfer -- Get to know Megan Rapinoe: professional activist, legendary soccer player, and proud queer woman -- Epilogue -- About the contributors -- How to be a good teammate and ally -- What makes you feel strong? -- Ten steps to forming a queer athletics alliance or gender and sexuality alliance in your school -- Selected sources -- Acknowledgments. |
| Abstract | "A groundbreaking nonfiction collection of well-known LGBTQ professional athletes and queer authors telling stories about the feeling of belonging that comes with finding a sport that's yours, all dynamically packaged with photographs and full-color interior illustrations"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Spec. audience char. | Ages 9-14 Little, Brown and Company. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Polišenská, Milada, 1952- The fight of exiled journalist and anti-communist activist Josef Josten Lanham: Lexington Books, 2024 9781666931730 9781666931747 |
| Genre/form | Literature. |
| Genre/form | Littérature. |
| LCCN | 2024042657 |
| ISBN | 9780316572002 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0316572004 |
| ISBN | ebook |