Schuyler Bailar

Schuyler Bailar is an educator, author, and activist who made history as the first transgender athlete to compete in any sport on a National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division 1 men’s team. Originally recruited to swim for the Harvard women’steam, Bailar made the difficult choice to transition while potentially giving up the prospect of being an NCAA Champion. Instead, he was presented with the Harvard Director’s Award and named LGBTQ Nation’s Instagram Advocate for 2020. In 2021, Bailar released his coming-of-age novel, Obie Is Man Enough, and in 2022, he established Lane Changer, a learning series that makes gender literacy education accessible to every team, school, and company.