Nintendo Switch Sports Finally Let Me Enjoy Sports As A Trans Woman
Sports is one of my great loves in life. "Maybe times are changing, this team is changing things!" can always draw a tear from me, as can, "the man who knows the true meaning of the word 'survival'!". As a Newcastle and England fan, my love of sport has always been wrapped up in a sort of bittersweet disappointment, although there are glimmers of hope on the horizon for both. Discovering that I am transgender has seen sport as a very concept snatched away from me, and it wasn't until Nintendo Switch Sports that I realised how much I missed it.
For all the discrimination, punching down, and cruel legislation both in the UK and US aimed squarely at eliminating me (and worse, the next generation down from me), I have always regarded sport as my greatest loss to transness. Some people lose husbands or wives, others lose parents. I lost sport. I can no longer go to the gym, play on a sports team, or swim. While grounds are far safer for women these days, they are still dominated by a masculine atmosphere that implies a threat, even if most individuals in attendance would argue they are perfectly nice and tolerant of trans people. When Newcastle United posted a statement from the Supporter's Group for Pride Month, it was trans fans who were singled out for mockery. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, for his crime of posing for a fashion magazine, is constantly pelted with abuse for 'being a tranny'. All of those adverts about diversity that remind us that football is everybody's game no matter their gender, religion, skin colour, or disability, never include trans people. It's everybody's game - it's just not mine.
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