Michael Waters

author of “The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports”

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“The Other Olympians” traces the history of queer athletes at the games, and how sex testing began with track before other sports adopted it.

‘The Other Olympians’: What fueled the rise of sex testing?

“The Other Olympians” traces the history of queer athletes at the games, and how sex testing began with track before other sports adopted it.

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