Rachel McKinnon : « Le sport a contribué à mon bien-être pendant ma transition »
▻https://www.komitid.fr/2018/11/06/rachel-mckinnon-pendant-ma-transition-le-sport-a-grandement-contribue-a-mon-
« Première femme transgenre championne du monde ! ». Ce message, c’est Rachel McKinnon qui le publie sur les réseaux sociaux suite à sa victoire aux championnats du monde de cyclisme sur piste le 14 octobre, à Los Angeles, dans la catégorie femmes de 35 à 44 ans. Depuis, la Canadienne enchaine les entretiens avec les journalistes et tente aussi de contenir les commentaires de haine, transphobes et misogynes qu’elle reçoit tous les jours.
Transgender MMA Fighter Breaks Skull of Her Female Opponent. Are we Becoming too Careful not to Offend any Group of People? – BJJ World
▻https://bjj-world.com/transgender-mma-fighter-fallon-fox-breaks-skull-of-her-female-opponent
Soon after she got married Fox joined the Army to support her family. After she left the Army, Fox went to University, but she left it citing ongoing psychological stress problems from her unresolved gender issues. Finally, in 2006, Fallon Fox traveled to Bangkok together with her daughter and did all the necessary surgeries to become a woman.
There was a lot of controversy around Fallon’s licensing process and many well-known fighters and commentators were against Fallon’s license but she had a green light to fight in women divisions in MMA fighting.
Back in 2014 Fox was fighting her female opponent Taika Brents. It would be “just another fight” for Fallon and Tamika if Tamika didn’t suffer serious injuries before she was TKO’d.
