Sherry Wolf

Sherry Wolf is the author of Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics and Theory of LGBT Liberation. Wolf is a associate editor of the International Socialist Review and she blogs at SherryTalksBack.com.

Gender and SexualityJuly 27, 2011

America's Deepest Closet

Why does the sports world remain fiercely hostile to open participation by LGBT athletes?

Sherry Wolf
SportsApril 2, 2010

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 be intersex.

Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf
Gender and SexualitySeptember 14, 2009

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.

Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf
Gender and SexualityAugust 21, 2009

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South African runner Caster Semenya shouldn't be the one humiliated by "gender testing"--it's the outdated views of athletic officials that are embarrassing.

Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf

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Sherry Wolf

Gender and SexualityJuly 27, 2011

Why does the sports world remain fiercely hostile to open participation by LGBT athletes?

SportsApril 2, 2010

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 be intersex.

Gender and SexualitySeptember 14, 2009

The salacious sports media and the puritanical zealots that run international track and field have joined forces to hit a new low.

Gender and SexualityAugust 21, 2009

South African runner Caster Semenya shouldn't be the one humiliated by "gender testing"--it's the outdated views of athletic officials that are embarrassing.