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All The Wiser

44. Schuyler Bailar is the first transgender NCAA Division 1 athlete

All The Wiser

Kimi Culp

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.9652 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

As a teenager, Schuyler Bailar remembers being miserable all the time. As one of the nation's top swimmers, he was getting good grades, winning medals and accepted into an Ivy League school - yet he still felt empty. After an injury kept him from swimming, Bailar's mental health plummeted. He checked into a residential treatment center where he discovered that he was transgender. But what was he going to do about swimming? Schuyler shares why he ultimately decided to swim for the Harvard men's team, how he found the language and the courage to explain who he is, and why it's so important to make sure the voices in our heads are kind to ourselves. 

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1:00.0

get it, so it's not real. And I say, listen, that's okay. You don't have to get it. You don't have to

1:04.3

understand. Do you understand everything in the world? No. Does it make anything false? No. It just means you don't get it. But you getting it is not the arbiter of

1:12.4

whether or not it exists or is valid, right? You don't have to get it or get me to accept and support me.

1:19.9

I'm Kimmy Kulp and this is all the wiser. We are the world's first one-for-one charitable podcast, and for every interview you hear, we make a $2,000 charitable donation.

1:34.9

In today's interview with Skylar Baylor, you will meet a man who was once one of the top female high school swimmers in the country. In 2013, Skyler was recruited

1:48.6

and asked to join the women's Harvard swimming team. In the year before starting Harvard,

1:56.6

Skyler came out as transgender and made history when he was offered a spot to join the men's team. Skylar came out as transgender and made history when he was offered a spot to join the men's team.

2:04.6

Schuyler is the first publicly documented NCAA-D1 transgender man to compete as a man in any sport.

2:13.6

He talks about what it means to bravely step into your truth and break free of the

2:21.3

labels, identities, and expectations we are all given in this world. He also gives a poetic

2:29.3

reminder of something I often have to remind myself that not all the success or accolades in the world

2:37.7

will make you happy.

2:39.8

Today's episode benefits the Trevor Project.

2:43.7

The Trevor Project is a beloved organization

2:46.6

that provides advocacy and support

2:49.8

to LGBTQ youth and crisis and suicide prevention.

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