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In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women's sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same time, the celebrated British field athlete Mark Weston, also assigned female at birth, announced that he, too, was a man. Periodicals and radio programs across the world carried the news; both became global celebrities. A few decades later, they were all but forgotten. And in the wake of their transitions, what could have been a push toward equality became instead, through a confluence of bureaucracy, war, and sheer happenstance, the exact opposite: the now all-too-familiar panic around trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming athletes. In The Other Olympians, Michael Waters uncovers, for the first time, the gripping true stories of Koubek, Weston, and other pioneering trans and intersex athletes from their era. With dogged research and cinematic flair, Waters also tracks how International Olympic Committee members ignored Nazi Germany's atrocities in order to pull off the Berlin Games, a partnership that ultimately influenced the IOC's nearly century-long obsession with surveilling and cataloging gender. Immersive and revelatory, The Other Olympians is a groundbreaking, hidden-in-the-archives marvel, an inspiring call for equality, and an essential contribution toward understanding the contemporary culture wars over gender in sports.

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The story follows Tommy, a red tabby cat with a unique Flying Saucer of Milk, as he embarks on thrilling adventures. During a trip to the seaside, Tommy's journey takes a heroic turn when he must rescue a young boy named John who has fallen off a boat. This tale blends whimsical elements with themes of bravery and friendship, showcasing Tommy's quick thinking and courage in the face of unexpected challenges.

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"You don't get people to love by telling them to love. You create the conditions for love by getting people to see their commonness with others and to lose the fear that comes from seeing the strangeness of others," writes Michael Waters in this cleverly written book that will inspire every reader with an overarching, simple message; that it is always better to observe commonalities between people and communities rather than linger over what is different between them.But Becoming Guise-Wise is not a warm and fuzzy lecture on being much nicer to each other. Rather, it proposes an extremely simple yet powerful way to end division and conflict at all levels, from inter-personal to global and everything in between. Establish this simple but transformative change in children, Waters contends, and tomorrow's world will be utterly different and immeasurably better than ever before.