Eric Anderson is Professor of Sport, Masculinities and Sexualities at the University of Winchester, UK. He holds four degrees, has published 17 books, over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and is regularly featured in international television, print and digital media. Professor Anderson is recognized for research excellence by the British Academy of Social Sciences and is a fellow of the International Academy of Sex Research. His work shows a decline in cultural homohysteria and promotes inclusive attitudes toward openly gay, lesbian and bisexual athletes as well as a softening of heterosexual masculinities

Ann Travers is Associate Professor of Sociology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She has published two books, 13 peer-reviewed articles, is a regular presenter at conferences relating to sport, embodiment and sociology more generally. She has received over [...] in funding for her research relating to sport and gender and transgender issues in sport

Introduction

[Eric Anderson and Ann Travers]

Section I: Individual Stories of Transgender Sporting Experiences

1. Advantage Renée?: Renée Richards and Women's Tennis

[Lindsay Parks Pieper]

2. My name is Jay, I Transitioned and I'm a Disabled Young Athlete

[Jay Anonymous]

3. Becoming Me: Transitioning, Training and Surgery

[Riley McCormack and Maylon Hanold]

Section II: Research into Transgender Sporting Experiences

4. An Introduction to Five Exceptional Trans Athletes from Around the World

[Kinnon MacKinnon]

5. Between Stigmatization and Empowerment: Meanings of Physical Activity and Sport in the Lives of Transgender People

[Agnes Elling and Kiki Collot d'Escury]

6. Athletes' Perceptions of Transgender Eligibility Policies Applied in High-Performance Sport in Canada

[Sarah Teetzel]

7. Sport and Physical Exercise among Spanish Trans Persons

[Victor Manuel Perez Samaniego, Sofía Pereira-García, Elena Lopez-Cañada and

José Devís-Devís]

8. Honesty and Discipline: Identity Management of Transgender Netballers

[Brendon Tagg]

9. The Experiences of Female-to-Male Transgender Athletes

[Mark Ogville]

10. Media Accounts of the First Transgender Person to Work in the English Premier League

[Rory Magrath]

Section III: When Policy and Identity Clash

11. Subjective Sex: Science, Medicine and Sex Tests in Sports

[Vanessa Heggie]

12. Including Transgender Students in United States School-Based Athletics

[Helen Carroll]

13. Transgender Athletes in Elite Sport Competitions: Equity and Inclusivity

[Eric Vilain, Jonathan Ospina Betancurt, Nereida Bueno-Guerra and Maria Jose Martinez-Patiño]

Section IV: Challenging the System

14. From Transsexuals to Transhumans in Elite Athletics: The Implications of Osteology (and Other Issues) in Levelling the Playing Field

[Michelle Sutherland, Richard Wassersug and Karen Rosenberg]

15. The Tenuous Inclusion of Transgender Athletes in Sport

[Adam Love]

16. Queer Genes? The Bio-Amazons Project: A Response to Critics

[Claudio Tamburrini]