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By Emma Merrill, Swimming World College Intern Schuyler Bailar is an extremely talented rising freshman on the Harvard men’s team. He is also transgender. A Sport Where Gender Is Black and White The gender code in swimming is explicit. It's a sport where the line between “male” and “female” is defin...

By Emma Foster, Swimming World College Intern  In a moment in history where LGBTQIA rights are at the forefront of the national conversation, it is interesting to take a look at how the swimming community has responded to the struggle towards equal rights. In an athletic framework where there is a s...

For the final episode of Off Deck for 2016, freelance swimming journalist Jeff Commings joined Swimming World TV host David Rieder to share their top moments from an exceptional year of swimming in 2016. Rieder and Commings reflected on Michael Phelps' finale performance and discussed whether they w...

Being a Transgender Athlete in the Swimming World By Tara Draper - Swimming World College Intern Recently, I had a friend - who is not an athlete - come out as transgender. She has had many battles regarding her identity and has slowly started transitioning. Her transition led me to think about t.....

Celebrating Pride Month and LGBTQ Swimming Community June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate love and acceptance of all people, no matter their identity or orientation. Today, as we reach the end of Pride Month, we highlight LGBTQ members of the aquatic world who have spoken out about their identit...

USA Swimming Announces Formation of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council and Black Leadership in Aquatics Coalition USA Swimming, the national governing body for swimming in the United States, is proud to announce the formation of two diverse leadership groups developed as part of a long-term actio...

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 29. DURING a time trial as part of the Tarheel State Meet hosted in Charlotte, the SwimMAC girls were at it again, smacking down the 15-18 400-yard medley relay record. The foursome of Kathleen Baker (51.9), Caitlin Casazza (1:01.3), Elsa Welshofer (52.2) and Nora Mc...

By Makena Markert, Swimming World College Intern. Schuyler Bailar, a rising senior at Harvard, is the first openly transgender NCAA Division 1 swimmer. First recruited as a female to swim on the women's team, Bailar transitioned in 2015 and now competes on the men's team. He is supported by coaches ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Swimming has released the organization’s first-ever Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) Cultural Inclusion Resource Guide to be launched during the United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. This resource guide will help coaches, pare...

Schuyler Bailar, who initially announced on Swimming World last year his plans to swim on the Harvard men's swim team as a transgender athlete, has now been profiled on CBS's 60 Minutes. Bailar, who has now completed a year as a breaststroker on Harvard's squad, spoke to 60 Minutes about what it fel...