Fair Game
Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports
Coming January 2026
“Fair Game is a bold and necessary call to action—because trans athletes aren’t a threat to sports, they’re a threat to the systems that try to exclude them. If you care about fairness, equity, and human rights, you need to read this.”
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.
“So much of the vitriol directed at transgender athletes is based on ignorance or disinformation. Fair Game dispels the false narratives with data and facts. It’s an important effort, and one that’s long overdue.”