Trans students, sports, and physical education

This entry explores trans students in sport and physical education (PE), holding relevance to various educational contexts due to the contested nature of inclusion in traditionally sex-segregated spaces. In the first section, a discussion of the umbrella label trans is provided in relation to the definitions of gender and biological sex, giving context on these often-misunderstood terms. The concept of cisnormativity is also explored here to contextualize trans people’s experience in society. The next section is an overview and exploration of sport and PE, with a particular focus on the reliance on binary models of sex/gender in these contexts. The impact this has on trans students is then analyzed in the final section of the entry.