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Transgender, intersex people say they are ostracised from playing sport in Austr

Started by stephaniec, August 23, 2015, 02:04:01 PM

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Transgender, intersex people say they are ostracised from playing sport in Australia

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-23/gender-diverse-community-ostracised-from-playing-sports/6710778

ABC News/By Alkira Reinfrank  Updated yesterday at 5:26pm

"Despite sport being an integral part of the cultural fabric of Australia, many transgender and intersex people say they have been ostracised by sporting communities.

Transgender man Daniel George has not played soccer in two decades due to fear of not belonging in either a men's or women's team.

"I loved sports when I was younger. As a child it was one of my main activities, after school I played sport all the time," he said.
Before I went through puberty I was interested in team sports, and like every kid I wanted to be picked for the team. But it was pretty obvious I was different.

"But the message to me very early on was I didn't really fit in to things that I wanted to do.""

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