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

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

The story of the early trans athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today’s culture wars.

In December 1935, Zdeněk Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women’s sports, d…

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