Harrison Browne is the first transgender athlete in professional hockey. He was part of the National Women’s Hockey League and played for the Metropolitan Riveters and the Buffalo Beauts (winning a championship with both teams). He helped form the first-ever transgender policy in professional sports to aid both transmen and transwomen in their participation. He is the appointed inclusion leader for the NWHL advisory board and special ambassador for the National Hockey League’s Hockey Is for Everyone initiative. Harrison has been featured in the New York Times, GQ Magazine, Players’ Tribune, The Olympic Channel, VICE News, ESPN and many more news outlets. He continues to participate in talks and panels throughout North America and internationally.

Rachel Browne is an award-winning investigative journalist and documentary producer whose work appears in VICE News, POLITICO, Global News, Maclean’s magazine, Discovery+, and elsewhere.

Links:

Let Us Play Book: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/let-us-play-winning-the-battle-for-gender-diverse-athletes/9780807045343.html?searchType=products&searchTerm=let%20them%20play%3A%20winning%20the%20battle

CCES Transgender Women Athletes and Elite Sport: A Scientific Review: https://cces.ca/transgender-women-athletes-and-elite-sport-scientific-review

Canadian Women & Sport: https://womenandsport.ca/resources/research-insights/trans-inclusion-in-sport/

Fair Play book: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/fair-play-how-sports-shape-the-gender-debates/72cca83e-72d6-387e-a3b8-f1819d1070d2.html?searchType=products&searchTerm=fair%20play%20katie%20barnes

You Can Play: https://www.youcanplay.org/

Sport Inclusion Task Force resources: https://sportinclusion.ca/resources/

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