Transgender Roller Derby Jammer Skates Her Way To Acceptance

[Shana A]

Transgender Roller Derby Jammer Skates Her Way To Acceptance

12.28.2011

http://dcist.com/2011/12/elbowing_and_skating_the_way_toward.php

When Kayley Whalen signed up for roller derby in May 2008, she lied about who she was.

"I was required to sign a code of conduct that stated, 'transsexual women are allowed to join if it has been at least two years since surgery, per International Olympic Committee rules'," she writes in a recent article for FiveOnFive, a roller derby magazine.

Whalen, who skates under the name Lenore Gore, was drafted onto the DC Rollergirls team Scare Force One, and in this newfound sport, she found excitement, competition and friendship. She bonded with her teammates during games, after practices and at other squad outings.