America’s Deepest Closet America’s Deepest Closet
Why does the sports world remain fiercely hostile to open participation by LGBT athletes?
Jul 27, 2011 / Feature / Sherry Wolf
Let Caster Run! Let Caster Run!
Runner Caster Semenya showed up to race this week and the International Association of Athletics Federations wouldn't let her--when Semenya's only "crime" is that she may...
Apr 2, 2010 / Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf
Stop the Sex Scare in Sports Stop the Sex Scare in Sports
The salacious sports media and the puritanical zealots that run international track and field have joined forces to hit a new low.
Sep 14, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf
Caster Semenya: The Idiocy of Sex Testing Caster Semenya: The Idiocy of Sex Testing
South African runner Caster Semenya shouldn't be the one humiliated by "gender testing"--it's the outdated views of athletic officials that are embarrassing.
Aug 21, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf