The Chicago Marathon added a nonbinary division in the fall. So has the London Marathon, which is Sunday.
Runners cross the starting line during the 127th Boston Marathon, Monday, April 17, 2023, in Hopkinton, Mass. “To be able to do it in this way, in this category, makes it so much more special,” said Calamia, who had hoped to run in 2020, when the race was canceled because of COVID-19, and in 2021, when Calamia was sidelined by a soccer injury. “Knowing how much work has gone into getting this category – in a way, that was already a win.
Calamia, 26, of San Francisco, advocated for the new division and ran with a transgender flag patch on their singlet. Twenty-seven runners registered as nonbinary; Calamia was second to Kae Ravichandran of Vermont, who finished in 02:38:57.“All over the place," they said."I heard people shouting my name and I didn’t even know who they were.”
The next goal, Calamia said: prize money for the nonbinary division. The men's and women's winners — Evans Chebet and“It doesn’t have to be, like, Evans Chebet money,” they said. “I just hope it grows,” Calamia said. “We’re here. Trans people are here. We’re not going anywhere. I hope other races continue to add this category.”
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