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SUMMARY:Changing the Game Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join Team DC and the team behind the new documentary film Changing the Game for a powerful discussion on the state of anti-trans legislation across the country, the impact sports can have on our lives, and how these young people are fighting back to just be themselves. A Zoom link to access the live panel discussion will be sent after you register. There will be a Q&A portion with opportunities for you to ask the panel questions.\n\nChanging the Game premieres Tuesday June 1st on Hulu. If you’re joining the Zoom as a audience participant, we ask that you watch the film before the panel meets on June 7th at 5:45pm EST.\nOur Panel\nModerator: Shane Diamond (he/him/his), Impact Coordinator, Changing the Game\nPanelists:\nAndraya Yearwood (she/her), activist and one of the student-athletes featured in Changing the Game\nAnne Lieberman (they/them), director of policy and programs at Athlete Ally\nRodrigo Heng-Lehtinen (he/him), Deputy Executive Director at National Center for Transgender Equality\nSasha Buchert (she/her), senior attorney with Lambda Legal\nAva Benach (she/her), attorney, baseball coach, and recipient of Team DC’s 2021 Horizon Award\nThe Film\nEmmy® award-winning filmmaker Michael Barnett’s urgent and subsuming sports documentary illuminates what many have called the civil rights issue of our time: transgender inclusion in sports. CHANGING THE GAME takes us into the lives of three high school athletes—all at different stages of their athletic seasons, personal lives, and unique paths as transgender teens. Their stories span across the U.S. — from Sarah, a skier and teen policymaker in New Hampshire, to Andraya, a track star in Connecticut openly competing on the girls track team. The film centers on Mack Beggs, who made headlines when he became the Texas State Champion in girls wrestling – as a boy.\nWatch the full film on Hulu!\n
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Join Team DC and the team behind the new documentary film Changing the Game for a powerful discussion on the state of anti-trans legislation across the country, the impact sports can have on our lives, and how these young people are fighting back to just be themselves. A Zoom link to access the live panel discussion will be sent after you register. There will be a Q&A portion with opportunities for you to ask the panel questions.
Changing the Game premieres Tuesday June 1st on Hulu. If you’re joining the Zoom as a audience participant, we ask that you watch the film before the panel meets on June 7th at 5:45pm EST.
Our Panel
Moderator: Shane Diamond (he/him/his), Impact Coordinator, Changing the Game
Panelists: Andraya Yearwood (she/her), activist and one of the student-athletes featured in Changing the Game
Anne Lieberman (they/them), director of policy and programs at Athlete Ally
Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen (he/him), Deputy Executive Director at National Center for Transgender Equality
Sasha Buchert (she/her), senior attorney with Lambda Legal
Ava Benach (she/her), attorney, baseball coach, and recipient of Team DC’s 2021 Horizon Award
The Film
Emmy® award-winning filmmaker Michael Barnett’s urgent and subsuming sports documentary illuminates what many have called the civil rights issue of our time: transgender inclusion in sports. CHANGING THE GAME takes us into the lives of three high school athletes—all at different stages of their athletic seasons, personal lives, and unique paths as transgender teens. Their stories span across the U.S. — from Sarah, a skier and teen policymaker in New Hampshire, to Andraya, a track star in Connecticut openly competing on the girls track team. The film centers on Mack Beggs, who made headlines when he became the Texas State Champion in girls wrestling – as a boy.