Let Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes
A crucial subversion of the misconceptions around the participation of genderdiverse athletes_x2014_advocating for the inclusion of trans and nonbinary athletes across all levels of sport

The debate over theinclusion of gender diverse people in sport has become the latest battleground in the fight for basic human rights and equality.Trans and nonbinary people around the worldare facing physical harm and violence_x2014_including death_x2014_at unprecedented rates.In Let Us Play, trans athlete Harrison Browne and investigative journalist Rachel Browne reveal how the opposition towards gender diverse athletes is fueled by fear and a moral panic as opposed to facts around what makes _x201C_a level playing field._x201D_

Interweaving Harrison’s first-hand experience as a transgender athlete with exclusive accounts_x2014_from athletes, coaches, policymakers, and advocates on the front lines_x2014_Let Us Play dismantles the illusion that sports have ever been fair, that trans athletes pose a threat to women’s sports, and that gender-affirming healthcare for athletes should be prohibitive to play.

Calling for a reframing of the binaries from youth and high school levels all the way to the national leagues, Browne and Browneoffer a new path forward, led by solutions proposed by gender diverse athletes themselves.
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Let Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes
A crucial subversion of the misconceptions around the participation of genderdiverse athletes_x2014_advocating for the inclusion of trans and nonbinary athletes across all levels of sport

The debate over theinclusion of gender diverse people in sport has become the latest battleground in the fight for basic human rights and equality.Trans and nonbinary people around the worldare facing physical harm and violence_x2014_including death_x2014_at unprecedented rates.In Let Us Play, trans athlete Harrison Browne and investigative journalist Rachel Browne reveal how the opposition towards gender diverse athletes is fueled by fear and a moral panic as opposed to facts around what makes _x201C_a level playing field._x201D_

Interweaving Harrison’s first-hand experience as a transgender athlete with exclusive accounts_x2014_from athletes, coaches, policymakers, and advocates on the front lines_x2014_Let Us Play dismantles the illusion that sports have ever been fair, that trans athletes pose a threat to women’s sports, and that gender-affirming healthcare for athletes should be prohibitive to play.

Calling for a reframing of the binaries from youth and high school levels all the way to the national leagues, Browne and Browneoffer a new path forward, led by solutions proposed by gender diverse athletes themselves.
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Let Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes

Let Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes

Let Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes

Let Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes

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A crucial subversion of the misconceptions around the participation of genderdiverse athletes_x2014_advocating for the inclusion of trans and nonbinary athletes across all levels of sport

The debate over theinclusion of gender diverse people in sport has become the latest battleground in the fight for basic human rights and equality.Trans and nonbinary people around the worldare facing physical harm and violence_x2014_including death_x2014_at unprecedented rates.In Let Us Play, trans athlete Harrison Browne and investigative journalist Rachel Browne reveal how the opposition towards gender diverse athletes is fueled by fear and a moral panic as opposed to facts around what makes _x201C_a level playing field._x201D_

Interweaving Harrison’s first-hand experience as a transgender athlete with exclusive accounts_x2014_from athletes, coaches, policymakers, and advocates on the front lines_x2014_Let Us Play dismantles the illusion that sports have ever been fair, that trans athletes pose a threat to women’s sports, and that gender-affirming healthcare for athletes should be prohibitive to play.

Calling for a reframing of the binaries from youth and high school levels all the way to the national leagues, Browne and Browneoffer a new path forward, led by solutions proposed by gender diverse athletes themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780807022788
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 05/26/2026
Series: Queer Ideas/Queer Action
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Harrison Browne is the first transgender athlete in professional hockey. He was part of the NWHL and played for the Metropolitan Riveters and the Buffalo Beauts.He is the inclusion leader for the NWHL advisory board and special ambassador for the NHL's Hockey Is for Everyone initiative.

Rachel Browne
is an award-winning investigative journalist and documentary producer whose work appears in VICE News, POLITICO, Global News, Maclean’s magazine, Discovery+, and elsewhere.

Table of Contents

Introduction: She Shoots, He Scores
A List of Terms


CHAPTER 1
The Moral Panic Machine

CHAPTER 2
A Brief History of Gender Diverse Athletes

CHAPTER 3
Fairness Fallacy

CHAPTER 4
The Hormones Question

CHAPTER 5
Panic at the Olympics

CHAPTER 6
The Myth of Saving Women’s Sports

CHAPTER 7
School Battleground

CHAPTER 8
Voices from Inside the Locker Room

CHAPTER 9
The Trials and Tribulations of the NCAA and College Sport

CHAPTER 10
The Future Is Trans

Appendix
Acknowledgments
About the Series
Notes
Index
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