Climbing: Practices Series by Hil Malatino
$19.95A thoughtful and deeply personal exploration of climbing as both a sport and a philosophy, examining how risk, community, queer identity, and vulnerability shape our lives on and off the wall.
The Sports & Athletics collection celebrates strength, movement, teamwork, play, and the freedom to take up space. Here you’ll find books on athletes who changed the game, memoirs about growing through sport, guides to training and embodiment, and stories that explore the complex intersections of identity, competition, gender, and pride.
This section highlights LGBTQ athletes, allies, and history-makers alongside contemporary works that challenge stereotypes and expand what athleticism looks and feels like. Whether you’re drawn to soccer, running, climbing, dance, martial arts, or simply the joy of being in your body, these books affirm that sports belong to everyone.
From personal narratives to cultural analysis, from wellness to resistance, these titles uplift resilience, confidence, teamwork, and the right to move in your own way.
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A thoughtful and deeply personal exploration of climbing as both a sport and a philosophy, examining how risk, community, queer identity, and vulnerability shape our lives on and off the wall.

A lively and timely examination of hockey through a queer lens, exploring masculinity, sexuality, gender, LGBTQ+ players, and the changing culture of Canada’s national sport. Drawing on decades of personal experience in queer hockey, Daniel Gawthrop examines where hockey has been, where it is now, and how it can become a more inclusive game.

Presented as a series of vivid memory fragments, Jim Petosa’s moving memoir recounts a couple’s journey through the AIDS crisis between 1985 and 1990. Blending love, grief, humor, and survival, F R A G M E N T S is both a deeply personal story and an important act of remembrance for a generation shaped by the AIDS pandemic.

The groundbreaking story of Renée Richards, the tennis pioneer whose fight to compete in the women’s draw of the 1977 US Open made her one of the most important figures in transgender sports history.

A joyful picture-book biography of tennis legend Billie Jean King — a champion of equality, confidence, and standing up for what’s right.

A joyful illustrated biography of Megan Rapinoe — soccer champion, trailblazer, and outspoken advocate for fairness and LGBTQ+ equality.

A bestselling memoir of courage and conviction, One Life follows Megan Rapinoe’s journey from soccer star to outspoken advocate for equality, justice, and living authentically.

A funny, honest, and deeply moving memoir about Jean-Sébastien Busque’s gender transition—from childhood hockey rinks to becoming the man he always was. A story of courage, resilience, identity, and the freedom of living as your true self.