Foreword by Outsports.com i

Author's Introduction iv

Pre-Modern Times

Achilles and Patroclus: How Hollywood De-Gayed a Great Sports Story 1

Joan of Arc: Jouster and Sports Icon for the Ages 14

Gays With Blades: 5000 Years of Fencing 37

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham: Pioneering Breeder of Racehorses 58

Late 19th to Early 20th Century

Alberto Santos-Dumont: Aerial Sportsman and Pioneering Balloonist 93

Bill Tilden: Men's Tennis Re-Invented 114

Amelia Earhart: Odd Girl of Air Racing 130

From Great Depression to Cold War

Ana Maria Martinez Sagi: Spain's "Virgin of the Stadium" 151

Babe Didrickson Zaharias: Golfing Amazon of the Newsreels 168

Tamara and Irina Press: The Rise and Fall of Gender Testing 183

The Fifties and Sixties

Wilhelm von Homburg: Bad Boy of Boxing 205

Erik Schinegger: An Intersex Epic of Alpine Skiing 226

Gay Pioneers on Ice: Figure Skating 240

Rodeo: Real Gay Cowboys and Brokeback Mountain 259

On The Cusp of Stonewall

Jim Bouton: Gay Baseball Players and "The Book" 281

John Damien's Last Ride 294

Diana Nyad: Marathon Swimming 300

Martina Navratilova: Revolutionary With a Racket 314

David Kopay: A Pro Football Player Looks Ahead 327