Last week, Basketball Australia revealed it had denied an athlete’s application to play for a semi-professional women’s basketball league.  It made global headlines and is fuelling a debate about how our biology impacts our ability to run, jump and compete against one another.

This is because Lexi Rodgers is a transgender athlete. Her bid to play the sport she loves strikes at the very heart of some of the most pressing issues of our time: human rights, discrimination and a fear - and love - of challenging the status quo.

Today, sports reporter Carla Jaeger joins Samantha Selinger-Morris to discuss the tight rope sports organisations are treading in their struggle to enable all athletes to have a fair go.

Last week, Basketball Australia revealed it had denied an athlete’s application to play for a semi-professional women’s basketball league.  It made global headlines and is fuelling a debate about how our biology impacts our ability to run, jump and compete against one another.
This is because Lexi Rodgers is a transgender athlete. Her bid to play the sport she loves strikes at the very heart of some of the most pressing issues of our time: human rights, discrimination and a fear - and love - of challenging the status quo.
Today, sports reporter <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/by/carla-jaeger-p5364x">Carla Jaeger</a> joins <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/by/samantha-selinger-morris-p4yvwp">Samantha Selinger-Morris</a> to discuss the tight rope sports organisations are treading in their struggle to enable all athletes to have a fair go.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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