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:

Losing Through Winning

  Image from Humphrey Muleba  on UnSplash.  Sometimes during our lives, we have to lose to send ourselves forward into a better place. It se...