Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates

"[An] electrifying debut...Through in-depth and compassionate reporting, Barnes breaks down the misunderstood science surrounding sex and gender that has been used to keep cisgender women out of sports and has fueled debate over trans athletes participation in women's sports."-Shannon Carlin, TIME
magazine, "100 Must-Read Books of 2023"

For decades women have been playing competitive sports, thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since the passage of that law, the number of...