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At only 25 years of age, Eric Anderson was near the top of his sport, coaching the cadre of distance runners at Huntington Beach High School in conservative Orange County, Calif. Victory on the track gained Anderson high respect as a coach, but he was hiding the truth from his colleagues and his team: He was gay. Then he came out. His team was quickly labeled "the fag team," and the respect Anderson had worked for gave way to homophobia: His runners were taunted, threatened,and even physically assaulted. Yet through it all, they continued to run, to win, and to support their coach. As Anderson battled to keep his team running and to keep his job his athletes stuck by him,fighting for a cause that made them trailblazers as well. TRAILBLAZING, the inspiring story of a coach and his squad working together against incredible obstacles, will leave you cheering.
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Dr. Eric Anderson is an American sociologist at the University of Bath, England. He is well known for his research on sport, masculinities, sexualities and homophobia. Dr. Anderson came out of the closet as an openly gay high school coach in 1993 and today he is the foremost researcher on the relationship between gay male athletes and sport. He has authored several books and peer-reviewed articles, including In the Game: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity (2005). His book, Inclusive Masculinity: The Changing Nature of Masculinities (2009), examines the changing nature of men's gendered behaviors. His autobiography, Trailblazing: America's First Openly Gay High School Coach has been widely acclaimed. He has also writes about distance running, authoring The Runner’s Doctrine and three editions of Training Games: Coaching Runner’s Creatively.
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"Today the issue of gay people in athletics is bigger than ever. Anderson is a vivid writer, and weaves personal, professional and political experiences into a powerful first-person story of real-life Front Runner-a gay track coach and his school team battling homophobia, struggling for athletic victory and human recognition in their sport."
-- Patricia Nell Warren author of The Front Runner
"Trailblazing blazes a new trail, just as The Front Runner did 25 years ago. This is an insider's view of running, coaching, high school life, and the gay community that proves truth is indeed stranger than fiction. You don't need to be an athlete to read this; all that's necessary is an interest in the human 'race'!" -- Dan Woog author of Jocks: True Stories of America's Gay Male Athletes
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- PublisherBookSurge Publishing
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1439238227
- ISBN 13 9781439238226
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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