Schuyler Bailar is the first transgender athlete to compete in any sport on an NCAA D1 men's team. His story has appeared everywhere, from 60 Minutes to The Ellen Show. We talk about Harvard's great response of “We're not experts, but we'll figure this out,” the importance of affirmation and never calling identity a phase, how even intersectionality can't possibly account for all of a person's identities, and the importance of advocates and allies taking care of themselves so they can take care of others.

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