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There's so many misnomers claiming that trans feminine athletes are taller, that we have more bone density, bigger lung capacity, and that we’re innately going to be better athletes.
There's always been controversies with trans bodies, and because trans masculine athletes are thought of as 'AFAB' competing against 'AMAB' athletes, cis-het people aren't intimidated by trans masculine athletes because they're like, "They’re on testosterone, but have disadvantages from tending to be shorter and to have a less muscular build".
What people don't realize is that there's such a huge wide variety of humans. There are plenty of AFAB people who are taller, faster, and more physically imposing than me.
These miconceptions erase that wide gambit of what being a human is.
I'm not a trans medicalist. I strongly believe you don't need to have surgeries, change your name, or change anything to be trans.
It's about who you are, not how you present.
But for many people like myself, surgeries and hormones are part of our journey. And their effect on my athleticism was immediate: my stamina, muscle mass, agility – all were no longer there. I've slowly worked to get some of that back, but it was hard.
Not being able to jump as high, hit as hard or run as fast, was more of a readjustment than I thought it’d be.
As an athlete, I'm used to pushing myself, and I had to re-evaluate things and get into a whole different headspace of, "I have limitations that I didn't have before, but it's worth it because I'm in my body and this is where I'm supposed to be."
I'm one of those trans people who doesn’t think they were born in the wrong body. I think I was born exactly how I was supposed to be born, and I wanted to reclaim that.
Do I have dysphoria still? Absolutely. But I think that I am on this journey for a reason and I've become an even more resilient athlete and resilient person because of my journey.
[As told to @Ragi Gupta — continued: https://www.pixstory.com/story/degendersports-after-i-transitioned-i-felt-like-i-needed-to-sink-into-myself-and-i-hated-that1679404834/202375]