How Did We Get Here? Queer and Trans Athletes in Sports — Q&A with ESPN Journalist Katie Barnes
Join us for an interview-style talk back and Q&A with ESPN sports journalist Katie Barnes, who will discuss their work covering transgender student athletes and their recent book, “Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates.” Katie will also draw on historical context to help make meaning of anti-trans legislation that impacts the experiences of student athletes around the world.
Free and open to the public, no registration required.
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More About Katie Barnes
Katie Barnes (they/them) is an award-winning journalist and author. As a narrative feature writer at ESPN, Katie’s writing has focused on a number of topics ranging across sports, but they have a particular concentration on gender. Since joining ESPN, Katie has written almost exclusively about women, LGBTQ athletes, and pop culture. Most of their writing explores big ideas, from how law and policy affects transgender athletes to how the intersection of race, sexuality, and gender expression affects the marketability of WNBA athletes to what makes “Bring It On” such an iconic sports movie. As a journalist and cultural commentator, Katie has been interviewed by MSNBC, CNN, NPR, WNYC, multiple ESPN platforms, and numerous podcasts about these topics. They were honored for their work by NLGJA – The Association of LGBTQ Journalists as the 2017 Journalist of the Year.
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