Sex, Gender Identity and Sport: Book launch

This event will celebrate the publication of Sex, Gender Identity and Sport edited by Cathy Devine.

The book features the work of leading international scholars and practitioners working in a variety of disciplines, including sport history, sport medicine, sport philosophy, sport physiology, sport policy and sport sociology, as well as equality, discrimination and human rights law.

Centring the female athlete as the majority stakeholder in decisions regarding eligibility for the female category, this book is essential reading for anybody with an interest in women’s sport, social issues in sport, sport science, sport policy or gender studies. It takes a critical look at the relationship between biological sex and gender identity in the context of sport and considers the consequent implications for sport policy.

It argues that biological sex is essential to an understanding of female athletes and sport participants, including the sex gap in sports performance, the history of female exclusion from sport, and the importance of the female sport category in relation to equal human rights, competitive opportunities and fairness for girls and women.

Speakers

Cathy Devine is former secretary of the British Philosophy of Sport Association whose research focuses on the human rights of girls and women in sport.
Kerry McGawley is professor in sports science at the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre, and the senior manager of the female athlete program at Orreco Ltd.
Mara Yamauchi is a British former elite athlete in endurance running; a two-time Olympian, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, and winner of the 2008 Osaka International Ladies Marathon.