Japanese Soccer Player Yokoyama Comes Out As Transgender

NPR ^ | 06/23/21 | AP

[Pining_4_TX]

TOKYO — Japanese soccer player Kumi Yokoyama said they are transgender — a revelation praised in the U.S. where they play in the National Women's Soccer League but an identity not legally recognized in Japan.

The 27-year-old forward for the Washington Spirit said they felt more comfortable with their own gender identity while living in the United States, where teammates and friends are more open to gender and sexual diversity.

"I'm coming out now," Yokoyama said in a video talk on former teammate Yuki Nagasato's YouTube channel. "In the future, I want to quit soccer and live as a man."

Yokoyama's revelation was praised by President Joe Biden.

[Pining_4_TX]

So, if she is truly a he, shouldn't "he" be forced to try out for the men's soccer team? He's not a woman now, right?

[Paladin2]

“they”?

How many personalities are in there?

[Menehune56]

Pronoun”they” adds to the utter confusion here.

[TigersEye]

They is nutz. Which isn’t a substitute for having nutz.

[SaveFerris]

Legion.....

[ConservativeInPA]

Who gives a damn about sports any longer, particularly a foreigner sport like soccer?

[Pining_4_TX]

Still, if “they” claim they are really male, then “they” should be kicked off the women’s soccer team and be made to try out for the men’s team.

[Tax-chick]

Yokoyama's revelation was praised by President Joe Biden.

Why on earth does Joe Biden give a flying freep that a Japanese woman wants to pretend to be a man? He's really a kook, isn't he?

[toddausauras]

So courageous, so brave, so noble. / s
They are going to turn half of the country trans with this crap before you know it. In the future cis kids will outcasts.

[mass55th]

"He's not a woman now, right?"

Hope she tries to get a spot on a men's soccer team, so I can hear the liberal's squeal. I'd bet U.S. soccer player Collin Martin, who just told people who already knew he was gay, that he was gay, would screech if this woman tried to join his team.

[Pining_4_TX]

I was just pointing out the fact that if transgender women compete as women, then transgender men should be forced to compete against men. Fair is fair.

[unread]

"So, if she is truly a he, shouldn't "he" be forced to try out for the men's soccer team?"

Yeah, that's a good point.. And what is it about soccer that turns them into fags.?? The name??

[Pining_4_TX]

Yes, Biden is a kook and a pervert. I wish Secret Service agents could talk about what they see and hear.

[Pining_4_TX]

Because she is not male, she wouldn’t make it on a boy’s high school soccer team. The whole transgender nonsense is a denial of reality.

[Tax-chick]

It’s a huge fad.

[Fungi]

“He’s really a kook, isn’t he?” I presume you are referring
to Jackass Joe. The man is not there, he is a demented, senile walking cadaver. Don’t waste your time with this evil clown show we call an “administration.”

[Tax-chick]

That would a real fiasco, one way or another.

[Oscar in Batangas]

I’ll bet those post-game locker room showers are quite the event for this ‘creature’

[TigersEye]

"I'm glad she's a he now because the next time they play sock her with her he can sock them back just as hard. Really, folks, I'm not kidding."

[dynachrome]

“How many personalities”

Legion.