Aussie Rules Welcomes First Transsexual Player
WILL ‘Power’ is an Aussie Rules fan all set to become the Australia’s first transsexual to play competitive football.
Indeed, how it took this long for a sport played by men in hot pants and boob tunes to come out is worthy of much comment.
Australians love girls sports – tennis and swimming – and this news is long overdue.
Of course, transvestites are not the same as transsexuals, and Will ‘Power’, who was born a woman and had a sex change two years ago, dreams of playing for Collingwood. But first, he’s aiming for the Bendigo Football League.
Says former Collignwood captain Nathan Buckley, aka Joyce:
“Don’t be afraid to be yourself.”
That would be a fitting motto for Aussie Rules.
Will has had a double mastectomy and is taking hormones to deepen his voice and boost hair growth. However, he does not feel the technology is advanced enough to create a functioning penis.
Says he:
“I thought, well, if fat blokes who are in their 40s are playing football, surely I can. The only thing stopping me is other people’s prejudice.
“There might be a bit of resentment there, particularly if I turned out to be better than one or two players. They would probably hold that against me because they’d be thinking, ‘God, he doesn’t even have a penis and he can kick the ball better than me’.”
Aussie. Aussie. Aussie. Ra! Ra! Ra!
Will expects to face some prejudice in his first game.
“There might be a bit of resentment there, particularly if I turned out to be better than one or two players,” he joked. “They would probably hold that against me because they’d be thinking, ‘God, he doesn’t even have a penis and he can kick the ball better than me’.”
In a manner of speaking…
Let’s Rip Those Brits To Bits And Other Australian Olympic Sports
Posted: 8th, June 2009 | In: Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
