[Image Description: A blue/green background image with dark teal text that reads "Research Participants Needed. For a research study about LGBTIQ+ ultrarunners. You are eligible if: You are 18 or older; you identify as part of the LGBTIQ+ community; you live and run mainly in the US; you run ultra distances and have or are considering running in an organized event. This study is not compensated. Contact Sophie Glasswell, University of Oregon, at sgla@uoregon.edu or DM @queersportsociologist on Instagram At the bottom of the flyer, there is an illustration of a group of 11 individual silhouettes of runners in different bright colors (yellow, orange, pink, purple, blue, and green) who create a rainbow effect.]

My study is still recruiting participants!

Please reach out if you fall under the NEW eligibility parameters:
You are 18 or older
You identify as part of the LGBTIQ+ community
You live and run mainly in the US
You run ultra distances and have or are considering running in an organized event

YES! Fairness is so unevenly applied and we seem to see it leveraged most when trans athletes simply want to compete as their authentic selves. LET THEM PLAY! 🏳️‍⚧️ Sports are often deeply unfair, and we routinely valorize athletes uniquely suited to their sport -- if they're cis.

Gender Diverse Trail Runners and Ultrarunners Invited to Participate in Research Study This study invites gender diverse trail runners and ultrarunners to have their say about issues affecting them in the sport.

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Saving Women’s Sports? The Ideological Underpinnings of U.S. Public Opinions About Trans* Athlete Rights and Sex Testing, Before Widespread Politicization This study uses National Sports and Society Survey (N = 3,993) data to further investigate U.S. public opinions about transgender athletes’ rights, rights for athletes with varied sex characteristics,...

1st 2025 NSASS pub out in SSJ. Chris Knoester & Kirsten Hextrum further consider support for trans* athlete rights in 2018-19 & what “saving women’s sports” might mean. Find that wanting to support/promote/watch female athletes + associated w/ supporting trans* athlete rights doi.org/10.1123/ssj....