My motivation was to show people that you don’t have to give up on your dreams to be who you are…I’ve been given a special opportunity to be visible for those who can’t be. Being a professional athlete, I’ve been given a platform to speak about my history and the things that I’ve been through. So hopefully the other people that have been going through what I’ve been through can kind of find a voice in me.
In some pretty great hockey news, Jessica Platt of the CWHL’s Toronto Furies has announced that she is trans and has been since swamped on twitter w/ tweets of support and admiration from teammates, fans and tons of others. It’s a good day for women’s hockey!
The coverage of women’s sports is being revolutionized right before our eyes, and these women’s leagues are on the cutting edge of technology. While the men dominate network TV coverage, women have been forced to find alternate ways to put eyes on their sport, and it couldn’t have come at a more advantageous time.
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