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03471aam a2200541 i 4500 001 9D9BE116433B11EF824246BD21ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240716010423 008 231018s2024 nyu 000 0aeng d 010 $a bl2024014304 020 $a 1538756242 020 $a 9781538756249 035 $a (OCoLC)1439049355 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c NjBwBT $e rda $d VHB $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a GV708.8.T454 $b A3 2024 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20240624 100 1 $a Telfer, CeCé, $e author. 245 10 $a Make it count : $b my fight to become the first transgender Olympic runner / $c CeCé Telfer. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Grand Central Publishing, $c 2024. 300 $a 295 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "By turns harrowing and hopeful, MAKE IT COUNT is the inspiring story of the first openly transgender woman to win a NCAA title, following her traditional upbringing in Jamaica, her fight to become a US citizen, and her efforts to achieve her Olympic dreams. CeCé Telfer is a warrior. The first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA championship, she has contended with transphobia on and off the track since childhood. Now, she stands at the crossroads of a national and international conversation about equity in sports, forced to advocate for her personhood and rights at every turn. After spending years training for the 2024 Olympics, Telfer has been sidelined and silenced more times than she can count. But she's never been good at taking no for an answer. MAKE IT COUNT is Telfer's raw and inspiring story. From coming of age in Jamaica, where she grew up hearing a constant barrage of slurs, to beginning her new life in Toronto and then New Hampshire, where she realized what running could offer her, to living in the backseat of her car while searching for a coach, to Mexico, where she trained for the US Trials, this book follows the arc of Telfer's Olympic dream. This is the story of running on what feels like the edge of a knife, of what it means to compete when you're not just an athlete but treated like a walking controversy. But it's also the story of resilience and athleticism, of a runner who found a clarity in her sport that otherwise eluded her--a sense of being simply alive on this earth, a human moving through space. Finally, herself" $c --Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Telfer, CeCé 600 10 $a Telfer, CeCé. 600 10 $a Telfer, CeCé 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIO031000 $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / LGBTQ+ $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Biography: general $2 thema 650 7 $a Biography: sport $2 thema 650 7 $a Running & jogging $2 thema 650 7 $a Gay & Lesbian studies $2 thema 650 7 $a Relating to LGBTQ+ people $2 thema 650 7 $a Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities $2 thema 650 0 $a Women runners $v Biography. 650 0 $a Olympic athletes $v Biography. 650 0 $a Transgender women $v Biography. 650 0 $a Transgender athletes $v Biography. 650 0 $a Biography. 650 0 $a Runners (Sports) $v Biography. 650 0 $a Jamaican Americans $v Biography. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 655 0 $a autobiographies (literary works) 941 $a 2 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240803010311.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716063108.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9D9BE116433B11EF824246BD21ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search