Penn State’s Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity continued its Transgender Awareness Month celebrations with a screening of the film “We Exist: Beyond the Gender Binary” on Nov. 8.
Jake Fedorowski’s guide, created with the help of 30 industry experts and athletes, explains that inclusion involves more than just a third gender category upon registration.
The Philadelphia Distance Run Is Establishing a Nonbinary Division. Here’s Why That Matters
The PDR’s new organizers have put inclusion and equity at the core of the race.
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When runners sign up for a race, they expect to check one of two boxes. Competitors will race in one of two gender divisions, and winners will receive prize money from one of two pools. Race divisions split between the gender binary male or female is a norm that most runners expect, and few have challenged.
Yet in the fall of 2021, the Philadelphia Distance Run (PDR) plans to do just that.