Growing up, I never felt like I fit in. I was trying to be this cool, masculine, teenage boy, but I felt like I was faking it. In high school, I secretly shopped for girls’ clothes at Goodwill and would put them on after school. But when I looked in the mirror, I was so disappointed. I didn’t understand it at the time, but what I was experiencing was, a deeply painful feeling that comes from knowing that your sex assigned at birth and your body do not reflect your true gender.
At the end of my senior year of high school, I took a major, life-affirming step that seemed sudden but was a long time coming: I came out to myself as trans. With college imminent, I could imagine myself becoming the person I wanted to be — the person I am. That summer, I began aligning my body with my female gender and soon after started hormone replacement therapy.
Besides, I couldn’t have tried out even if I’d wanted to. The National Collegiate Athletic Association requires women who are transgender like me to complete 12 months of hormone therapy to suppress testosterone as part of their gender transition before competing. I was already doing this because I needed it for my health, and I knew that by the start of my sophomore year I would be ready to compete again when eligible in the fall of 2020.
That's not the message. Trans women are not females. They are males. Play on male teams. Fully participating doesn't mean erasing girls. GenderWooWoo
Thinking you’re a woman doesn’t change your biology. Run on the men’s team.
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