Nadia Jacobsen's guest appearances

Nadia Jacobsen

LGBTQ Sports Podcast

OwlTail

Maia Kahlke Lorentzen

Sporting federations around the world are taking a cue from the International Olympic Committee and looking at their policies regarding transgender athletes, and recent Denmark did as well.The European nation had an inclusive process in many respects, but it is also dealing with a media that has trended towards anti-trans slants and is dealing with some dedicated sectors of resistance to inclusion.Sound familiar?At the intersection of this are people like Nadia Jacobsen. Three years ago she came out, while at the same time being in the game as a volleyball player. Through her transition, sports wasn't just a diversion, it was a lifeline.And that lifeline ended up golden at last year's WorldPride and EuroGames in Copenhagen. She was part of a gold medal-winning squad in her volleyball division.Through it all, Jacobsen and many others have been targets of emerging harassment on online, and that has been a focus of an investigative series that Maia Kahlke Lorentzen has taken on as part of her popular podcast "Cybernaume". Lorentzen is a cybersecurity consultant and has done extensive research in regard to online extremism and is taking a focus on anti-trans extremism. One of her examinations in her coming series will be centered on the trans sports issue.Both sat down with Karleigh Webb to look at how the issues in America has influenced the debate in their homeland, and how trans people and allies are fighting through it and fighting back.Also this week:Debate on the IOC's new grooveJayCee Cooper powerlifts curlingMichael Phelps speaks, but what did he really say?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sporting federations around the world are taking a cue from the International Olympic Committee and looking at their policies regarding transgender athletes, and recent Denmark did as well. The European nation had an inclusive process in many respects, but it is also dealing with a media that has trended towards anti-trans slants and is dealing with some dedicated sectors of resistance to inclusion. Sound familiar? At the intersection of this are people like Nadia Jacobsen. Three years ago she came out, while at the same time being in the game as a volleyball player. Through her transition, sports wasn't just a diversion, it was a lifeline. And that lifeline ended up golden at last year's WorldPride and EuroGames in Copenhagen. She was part of a gold medal-winning squad in her volleyball division. Through it all, Jacobsen and many others have been targets of emerging harassment on online, and that has been a focus of an investigative series that Maia Kahlke Lorentzen has taken on as part of her popular podcast "Cybernaume". Lorentzen is a cybersecurity consultant and has done extensive research in regard to online extremism and is taking a focus on anti-trans extremism. One of her examinations in her coming series will be centered on the trans sports issue. Both sat down with Karleigh Webb to look at how the issues in America has influenced the debate in their homeland, and how trans people and allies are fighting through it and fighting back. Also this week: Debate on the IOC's new groove JayCee Cooper powerlifts curling Michael Phelps speaks, but what did he really say? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="http://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>