Mother of transgender player Kye Allums alleges son prevented from playing
By Kathy Orton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 21, 2011; 11:43 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/21/AR2011022104670.htmlThe mother of George Washington women's basketball player Kye Allums said her child has not been allowed to play despite being cleared by a team doctor and that the school has attempted to stifle Allums's opportunities to speak about being Division I basketball's first openly transgender player - one who identifies with a gender other than the one he or she was born with.
GW Athletic Director Jack Kvancz denied both accusations, saying the school's first priority is to protect the health and eligibility of its student-athletes.
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School ends Kye Allums' season. Athlete's mother claims school squelching opportunities.
Monday, 21 February 2011 13:02
George Washington University has shut down Kye Allums' season due to concussion-related symptoms. Now his mother, Rolanda DelaMartinez, is speaking out
By Cyd Zeigler
http://www.outsports.com/os/index.php/component/content/article/24-people/363-school-ends-kye-allums-season-athletes-mother-claims-mistreatment-by-the-school George Washington University has ended Kye Allums' basketball season. The junior guard played in only seven games this season as concussions kept him sidelined.
Allums became the first publicly transgender Div. 1 NCAA athlete in any sport when he came out in an article on
Outsports.com in early November 2010.
