Jason Collins opened a door. Many LGBTQ athletes still don’t feel safe walking through it more than a decade later

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“For a transgender athlete, this is not a welcoming environment,” said Rhoden, who has written about trans athletes and Title IX, “You know, this is a fairly regressive environment. I think we’ve taken five steps forward and four steps back,” he said, adding that the media itself is still figuring out how to cover trans athletes.continue reading …