The Baytobreakers race organizers promise to make this year’s event, which takes place on Sunday, as inclusive as ever.
The athlete was overseeing a running club at Gateway High School in Japantown when he finally decided to register for San Francisco’s iconic Bay to Breakers race in 2020.
“I was super excited about that, because I must have previously been registered as female, which is super weird and wouldn't have felt really good to begin with,” he said.“As I was kind of looking at the details for the race, I realized that the registration option was available, but they weren't acknowledging the category in any other parts of the website,” he said.
This discovery became public right around last year’s race, and by October, Motiv Sports – in partnership with Silverback – took over, ushering in a different way of doing things. “Some of the negative press influenced them to reverse their decision,” he said, adding that he only found out that the change had been made a day or two before the race, and not even from the organizers, but from another news source.
“Unlike the men's and women's categories, you're kind of mixed in with the rest of the race,” he said. “You also can't identify someone just by looking at them whether or not they would be in the category.” For Calamia, just having a more open line of communication with the race organizers has made all the difference this year.
These changes are even more significant as groups of different identities across the country have been increasingly targeted recently by discriminatory legislation, particularly the trans community. For San Francisco, Bay to Breakers represents not only The City’s history and community but also an opportunity to showcase unity in the face of these challenges.
Now, at 58, Ford admits she’s not as avid a runner as she used to be. But when Myers approached her around a month ago about being this year’s starter at Bay to Breakers, it seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up – and it presented a chance to get back in the saddle. The change in this year’s race as opposed to last year represents an evolution in the way the nonbinary and trans community relates to the rest of The City, according to Ford.
“That’s why it's so important to stand up to these boys and say, ‘Yes, we're here, we've always been here and we're not going anywhere. And we're not going to shirk and not show up for public events. In fact, we are going to show up when we're invited and be the face of events.’”
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