The I Index

Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates

Top of the pile

93

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

89/100

Critics

96/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Katie Barnes

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press

Date:

September 19, 2023

A look at the history of women's sports and the controversy surrounding trans athletes by a leading LGBTQ+ sports journalist.

What The Reviewers Say

Heather Hewett,
The Washington Post
[An] excellent and much-needed examination of current debates about transgender and intersex athletes.
June Sawyers,
Booklist
Barnes offers a nuanced look at this complicated and controversial subject by examining the past, present, and future of sex-segregated sports.

Kirkus
Barnes astutely positions today’s deliberations and controversies within the history of Title IX and women’s sports programs.