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Kye Allums (born October 23, 1989) is a former college basketball player for the George Washington University women's team who in 2010 came out as a trans man, becoming the first openly transgender NCAA Division I college athlete.
Kye Allums is a pioneer in LGBTQ sports history as the first publicly transgender person to play NCAA Div. 1 college basketball. He transitioned from Kay-Kay Allums in 2010 and faced challenges from his coach, family and society.
Oct 28, 2014 · And among the best known of these barrier-breakers is Kye Allums, the first openly transgender NCAA athlete to play Division I sports. Now a 25-year-old activist, Allums came out when...
Nov 2, 2010 · Kye Allums, a guard on George Washington’s women’s basketball team, may be the first Division I college basketball player to publicly compete as a transgender person.
Nov 12, 2014 · COLUMBIA — Kye Allums had to make an internal decision four years ago: stop playing women’s basketball for George Washington University or tell everyone in his life that he was transgender.
Nov 2, 2010 · In changing his name from Kay-Kay Allums to Kye, he is marking an important decision in his gender transition from female to male. He is also taking a major step for college athletics.
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Kye Allums is the first openly transgender college athlete in Division I basketball. In this oral history, he shares his experiences as a black trans masculine person and his advocacy work for LGBT people of color.