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How can Competitions and Conventions Become Inclusive Spaces for Transgender and Nonbinary Dancers?

Winning the title of “Mr. or Miss [insert competition name here]” has long been considered the pinnacle of a competitive career. For decades, whether dancers actually identified with those gendered accolades—or the many other gender-based features of competition and convention weekends—was hardly ever questioned. Slowly, that’s beginning to change.

Amanda Sherwin August 3rd, 2023

Beyond Male/Female: Nonbinary Dancers Forging Their Own Paths

“People think being nonbinary is like this third gender, but it’s anything but. My nonbinary identity is an outright rejection of the concept of gender as a whole.”

Jonathan Matthews-Guzmán March 14th, 2022
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