Showing posts with label Next Goal Wins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Next Goal Wins. Show all posts

Sunday, May 4, 2014

World Class Transgender!

Ever heard of a fa'afafine?  The word is Samoan and literally translates into way of a woman or womanly, and applies strictly to male-to-female transgender people.  Back in 2011,American Samoa's Jaiyah Saelua became the first transgender person to play in a FIFA World Cup qualifier. Her appearance on the field made history — but so did her play.   Now there is a documentary film about Jaiyah and the team:

Is It Real?

  JJ Hart.  Every now and then I pause and reflect upon my transgender womanhood as it exists now.  I mention often, the trials and tribulat...