Kye Allums Discusses his Personal History as a Transgender Athlete

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Kye Allums Discusses his Personal History as a Transgender Athlete
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 4:24pm by Elliott Moore, Sports Intern at GLAAD

http://www.glaad.org/blog/kye-allums-discusses-his-personal-history-transgender-athlete

In honor of Black History Month GLAAD is highlighting the roles African Americans have played in the advancement of LGBT rights. Recently, GLAAD spoke with basketball player and transgender advocate Kye Allums.

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Elliott Moore: Could you discuss your experience playing basketball at George Washington prior to coming out as transgender and could you expand on what the experience was like coming out as transgender to your team?

Kye Allums: It was good and bad, I had a very supportive team, the environment that my coaches created made it easy for me to feel I could come out and say who I am. When I came out publicly that's what was difficult, the media made it difficult for my teammates and my coach. That placed stress on me and my team. If you place the media aside my experience of coming out was very positive. My teammates were very supportive and they used appropriate pronouns so they were always good.