LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field - Striving for Equality

In 2015, the world watched as soccer star Abby Wambach kissed her wife after the US women's World Cup victory. Milwaukee Brewers' minor league first baseman David Denson came out as gay. And Caitlyn (born Bruce) Jenner, an Olympic decathlete, came out as transgender. It hasn't always been this way. Many great athletes have stayed in the closet their whole lives, or at least until retirement. Social attitudes, institutional policies, and laws are slow to change, but they are catching up. Together, athletes, families, educators, allies, and fans are pushing for competitive equity so that every athlete, regardless of identity, can have the opportunity to play at their very best.

About the author

Kirstin Cronn-Mills, PhD, teaches writing, literature, and critical thinking at South Central College in North Mankato, Minnesota. She writes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books and articles. Her young adult fiction and nonfiction have been honored several times, including a Minnesota Book Award nomination for LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field in 2017. LGBTQ+ Athletes was also a 2016 Junior Library Guild selection, a 2017 American Library Association Rainbow List selection, and a 2017 Best Children's Books of the Year selection from Bank Street College.

Product details

• Authors: Cronn-Mills, Kirstin Cronn-Mills, Alex Nelson, Alex Jackson Nelson
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781467780124
• ISBN: 978-1-4677-8012-4
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 231 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Mankind; Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history