Kaig LightnerScaffolding of PatriarchyI was asked recently by a wise friend what I’m currently curious about. I love this question. It’s one that we rarely stop to ask ourselves…Feb 6, 2022Feb 6, 2022
Kaig LightnerinAn Injustice!Trump’s Gender TheaterLessons learned from Roy Cohn, the most infamous closeted gay manNov 3, 20206Nov 3, 20206
Kaig LightnerinAn Injustice!I am a Coach. I am Transgender.The importance of LGBTQ+ visibility in sportsJun 17, 2020Jun 17, 2020
Kaig LightnerinGender From The TrenchesSexism on Display: U.S. Soccer Leadership Has Shown All Their CardsHow the gender binary rules enable male athletes at the expense of female athletes, and how the USWNT overcame it.Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2020
Kaig LightnerBelongingDo you have a crew that you consider to be your people? In a high-octane, comic book movie they would be the people fanned out behind you…Mar 6, 2020Mar 6, 2020
Kaig LightnerMen Crave Affection with Each OtherI often think of myself as a spy within the cisgender, male socialized world (aka what most people just call “men”). I don’t intend for…Jan 17, 20205Jan 17, 20205
Kaig LightnerBathroom JusticeFor most transgender and non-binary people the trip to a public bathroom can be an experience that ranges anywhere from absolutely…Dec 6, 20197Dec 6, 20197
Kaig LightnerThere’s always more to a storyMay 1st, 2017 started out like any other, except I had already decided that at soccer practice that night I was going to tell the kids I…Mar 29, 2019Mar 29, 2019
Kaig LightnerThe alphabet soup.Consider the situation in which we’ve found ourselves. We are wrestling with two of the largest socially constructed systems in the…Jan 6, 2019Jan 6, 2019
Kaig LightnerThe Costume of the Privileged ManI’ve been thinking about clothes a lot lately. And for anyone who knows me they know that clothes, fashion and the like are not things I…Apr 4, 2018Apr 4, 2018