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...

3) Beautiful music for ugly children

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Cronn-Mills, Kirstin

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English

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Nashville Pride Recommends 2024: Favorite Queer Books

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"Gabe has always identified as a boy, but he was born with a girl's body. With his new public access radio show gaining in popularity, Gabe struggles with romance, friendships, and parents--all while trying to come out as transgendered. An audition for a station in Minneapolis looks like his ticket to a better life in the big city. But his entire future is threatened when several violent guys find out Gabe, the popular DJ, is also Elizabeth from school"--...

4) Gender inequality in sports: from Title IX to world titles

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Cronn-Mills, Kirstin

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English

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"A comprehensive view of gender inequality in sports, this book details the continued struggle against unequal pay, discrimination, and sexism despite the landmark law of Title IX"--Provided by publisher.

5) Wreck

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Cronn-Mills, Kirstin

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English

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After her father's diagnosis of ALS, Tobin Oliver, a high school junior, struggles to find a "normal" life as her father makes decisions on how his own will end.

6) Original fake

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Cronn-Mills, Kirstin

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English

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Frankie Neumann's an introvert, and he's always been the outsider in his family of performers, but all that's about to change once he finds an outlet for his artistic talents.