Betty Baxter in the 1970s during her years of international success as a volleyball player.
A gay coach speaks up
Elite athlete and coach, Betty Baxter's memoir of battling homophobia in sports in the 1980s remains relevant today.
[Betty Baxter’s] dedication to making sports better for women athletes shines through on every page. She continues to respond to media requests for comment about LGBTQ+ representation in sport because, as one exasperated reporter said in 2010, no other lesbian coach, athlete or administrator was willing to publicly identify herself. “I realized then that the struggle for equality in sport was far from over,” says Baxter. FULL STORY
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