Sports and Competition

Former European pole-vault medalist Yvonne Buschbaum has announced her retirement from athletics to undergo hormone therapy and has hinted she will have a sex-change operation.

Juan Alejandro Lamas updates us on trans participation in the Gay Games in Sydney, Australia, and interviews some of the trans-identified athletes participating.

Mianne Bagger, ranked sixth in Australia by the Women’s Golf Association, talks with Justin Cascio about her experiences as a transgendered woman in amateur golf.

It’s a good feeling to see a registration form for entry into the 2002 Sydney Gay Games and be met with the following gender choices to tick: Male, Female, Transgender.

Kevin O’Malley and Dylan Vade, both transguys living in San Francisco, biked the grueling 600 miles from SF to Los Angeles with 670 other cyclists in the AIDS/LifeCycle the week of May 13, 2002. The event was produced by and benefiting the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Justin interviewed the guys by phone after the event.

Dr. Boxer is just what the doctor ordered! Diana Nardacchione is an Italian medical doctor who also kick-boxes and teaches judo and self-defense to women in her own gym.