I coach junior roller derby. For the five years I've been coaching, we have welcomed trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming skaters. We might have been the first youth sport to do this. Here's what I've seen: (🧵)
— Nora Flanagan (@noraflanagan) March 6, 2021
Parents have openly cried when they find out there's a sport their kid can play without hiding or minimizing who they are. Literally stood in the middle of a roller rink and wept.
— Nora Flanagan (@noraflanagan) March 6, 2021
And then the coaches cry right along with them, because some of our coaches are trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming (and/or gay, bisexual, or otherwise non cis het), and they know a little something about feeling unwelcome in athletic and youth spaces.
— Nora Flanagan (@noraflanagan) March 6, 2021