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With Trans Athletes Under Attack, What Does Fairness Look Like?

San Francisco marathon runner Cal Calamia shares what it's like being a trans athlete in our current political climate.
Cal Calamia at KQED headquarters in San Francisco on April 11, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)

Over the holidays, we’re rebroadcasting some of our favorite interviews from 2025.

Cal Calamia is a nonbinary transmasculine runner and an activist who has successfully pushed to create nonbinary running categories in some of the world’s largest marathons. Calamia joins Marisa in studio to dig into the debate over transgender participation in sports.

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