The Lavender Locker Room: 300 Years of Great Athletes Whose Sexual Orientation was Different - Softcover

Stirring true stories of great sports figures whose sexual orientation was gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgendered -- their personal struggles and athletic achievements, gathered from 3000 years of Western history by Patricia Nell Warren, the bestselling author of The Front Runner.

Patricia Nell Warren grew up on a Montana ranch and started publishing poetry and short fiction at age 17. Her bestselling gay novels -- notably THE FRONT RUNNER, HARLAN'S RACE and BILLY'S BOY -- started their print history in 1974 and continue today with groundbreaking choices of themes and characters. As an author who was originally with William Morrow, Bantam Books, Penguin and Random House/Ballantine, she has also written novels -- ONE IS THE SUN, THE LAST CENTENNIAL -- on non-gay historical and contemporary themes of the American West. As an activist, she has been involved in women’s rights and free-speech cases that went to the U.S. Supreme Court. In recent years she turned to provocative editorials, writing about post-9/11 issues, youth, elders, AIDS reappraisal and other issues. She lives in Los Angeles today. Wildcat Press is her own independent publishing imprint.