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Kaig Lightner

Kaig Lightner

Scaffolding of Patriarchy

I 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, 2022

Scaffolding of Patriarchy

Feb 6, 2022

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An Injustice!

Trump’s Gender Theater

Lessons learned from Roy Cohn, the most infamous closeted gay man

Nov 3, 2020

Trump’s Gender Theater

Nov 3, 2020

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An Injustice!

I am a Coach. I am Transgender.

The importance of LGBTQ+ visibility in sports

Jun 17, 2020

Rainbow corner flag on a soccer field.

Jun 17, 2020

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Gender From The Trenches

Sexism on Display: U.S. Soccer Leadership Has Shown All Their Cards

How the gender binary rules enable male athletes at the expense of female athletes, and how the USWNT overcame it.

Apr 3, 2020

Sexism on Display: U.S. Soccer Leadership Has Shown All Their Cards

Apr 3, 2020

Kaig Lightner

Belonging

Do 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, 2020

Belonging

Mar 6, 2020

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Men Crave Affection with Each Other

I 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, 2020

Men Crave Affection with Each Other

Jan 17, 2020

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Bathroom Justice

For most transgender and non-binary people the trip to a public bathroom can be an experience that ranges anywhere from absolutely…

Dec 6, 2019

Bathroom Justice

Dec 6, 2019

Kaig Lightner

There’s always more to a story

May 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, 2019

Mar 29, 2019

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The 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, 2019

The alphabet soup.

Jan 6, 2019

Kaig Lightner

The Costume of the Privileged Man

I’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, 2018

The Costume of the Privileged Man

Apr 4, 2018

Kaig Lightner

Kaig Lightner

Queer|trans|Nonprofit ED|Consultant|Believer in a future where the spectrum of gender is accepted as the norm, not the exception.

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