Kye Allums is a Transgender Man Playing Women's College Basketball

"Growing up, Allums was a tomboy. The oldest of four kids, he would often say he was a boy despite being born a biological girl. Around age 12, he realized that no other girls behaved or dressed the way he did, so he adopted some of the trappings of other girls his age: Putting on make-up, wearing skirts and dresses. After just a year of putting up a feminine front, it was back to the tomboy clothes and wondering why he just didn’t fit in … in high school, Allums … identified as lesbian, finally fitting into a group that he could define. As he progressed deep into his teens, despite their similar dress and manner, he realized he just didn’t fit with the lesbians at his school either."

Allums has heard some trash talk over the years, but this will probably scare away anyone who gets too aggressive: “Allums is further protected by Washington, D.C., law, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity.” Allums told Outsports he will have the “sex reassignment” surgery next summer.