Help The NCAA Build A Safety Net For Transgender Athletes

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Help The NCAA Build A Safety Net For Transgender Athletes
by Marc Dadigan
28 December, 2010


http://education.change.org/blog/view/help_the_ncaa_build_a_safety_net_for_transgender_athletes


George Washington University basketball player Kye Allums had been playing a role for most of his life: though he was born a female, he said his physical anatomy didn't match how he felt internally. For years, he kept silent until the stress of his predicament started affecting his game and his playing time.

"As soon as it affected my basketball, I knew it was serious, and I had to do something," Allums said at a press conference, in which he announced that he was a transgendered man playing on the women's basketball team. Afterward, an effusive Allums was beaming and told interviewers happily, "It feels like a dream."