First transgender man on Division 1 basketball team takes court
He noted that he was biologically identical to any other female, but said, "I just would prefer for people to call me a he..."
From- The Huffington Post
On Monday, George Washington University junior Kye Allums came out publicly as the first openly transgender man to play on a Division 1 basketball team. Allums, who started identifying as a male during his sophomore year, is still biologically a female, and so will be able to continue playing on the women’s team — and to hold on to his scholarship.
The New York Times reports on Allums’ transition:
Earlier this year, the university changed the roster published on its Web site to reflect Allums’s name change, from Kay-Kay to Kye, and future references will use male pronouns.
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