'They're not budging at all to recognize the harm that's being done to nonbinary and trans folks in the running community.'
footrace is perhaps best known for its zany, welcoming energy. Participants making the 7.5-mile trek are dressed in elaborate costumes or in the buff, power-walkers and stragglers are encouraged to join in and even inebriated runners can partake in the festivities.
They’re just one of the nonbinary runners who are eligible to compete in a nonbinary category — but ineligible to receive awards, a decision that they say feels like a halfhearted campaign of “performative inclusivity.” For Calamia and other nonbinary runners, getting to take part in a nonbinary division — one that comes with the same incentives as men’s and women’s divisions — means not only feeling included, but getting to take space in a sport that, up until recently, has made nonbinary people feel invisible.
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