Editing Trans man (section)

==Sports==
{{See also|Transgender people in sports}}
{{Split section|List of trans man athletes|discuss={{TALKPAGENAME}}#Split out sports section |date=April 2025}}

=== Trans men in women's sports ===

==== Early Examples ====
Early known examples of trans men who competed at international levels were [[intersex]] men who were raised as girls, competed in women's championships, and came out as men later in life. They include [[Zdeněk Koubek]], an intersex man who was [[Czechs|Czech]] women's national champion and medal winner at the 1934 World Women's Athletic games in track whose awards and records were later revoked;<ref name="r3">[http://encyklopedie.brna.cz/home-mmb/?acc=profil_osobnosti&load=11754 Zdena/Zdeněk Koubková/Koubek]. encyklopedie.brna.cz</ref> [[Willy De Bruyn]], a [[Belgium|Belgian]] cyclist who became unofficial women's [[World championship of cycling|world champion]] in 1934, born [[intersex]] and raised as a girl but later identified as a man;<ref name="Meyerowitz">{{cite book |last1=Meyerowitz |first1=Joanne J. |title=How Sex Changed |date=2009 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674040960 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFP2PmYPBBAC&q=willy+elvira+%22de+bruijn%22&pg=PT381}}</ref> and French [[sprinting|sprinter]] [[Pierre Brésolles]], who ran the women's [[100 metres|100 metre]] and [[200 metres|200 metre races]] and won third place in the women's 100 meter dash in the [[1946 European Athletics Championships|Oslo European Championship in 1946]].<ref>{{Cite book|title = Histoire des transsexuels en France|last = Foerster|first = Maxime|publisher = H&O|year = 2006|location = Béziers}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deces.matchid.io/search?advanced=true&bd=1929&ln=Br%C3%A9solles&fn=Pierre|title=BRESOLES Pierre|access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref>

Another notable early trans man athlete is [[Andreas Krieger]] (b. 1965), an [[East Germany|East German]] [[shot put]]ter who competed on the women's [[East Germany|East German]] [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]] team at [[SC Dynamo Berlin]] in the 1980's.  Krieger was unknowingly doped with large doses of anabolic steroids, which masculinized his body, influencing his decision to transition in the 1990's.  He is now involved in anti-doping activism.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Longman |first=Jere |date=2004-01-26 |title=DRUG TESTING; East German Steroids' Toll: 'They Killed Heidi' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/26/sports/drug-testing-east-german-steroids-toll-they-killed-heidi.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Andreas Krieger: Heidi's Farthest Throw| date=19 November 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQhUjaiveAg|language=en|access-date=2021-08-16}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2015-11-28 |title=A Body Changed Forever by Steroids |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/sports/a-body-changed-forever-by-steroids.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==== Recent Examples ====
[[Keelin Godsey]] competes women's hammer throw and holds the NCAA Division III record.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 May 2006 |title=Godsey breaks own NCAA Division III record in hammer throw |url=https://www.bates.edu/news/2006/05/26/godsey/ |publisher=}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Keelin Godsey '06 {{!}} Alumni Inductee {{!}} Athletics {{!}} Bates College |url=http://athletics.bates.edu/scholar_athlete_society/2015_Keelin_Godsey |access-date=2016-10-03 |website=athletics.bates.edu}}</ref> In 2008, he became the first openly transgender athlete to compete for a spot on the [[United States]] [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCAA members slow to adopt transgender athlete guidelines |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2015/08/03/ncaa-transgender-athlete-guidelines-keelin-godsey-caitlyn-jenner/31055873/ |access-date=2016-10-03 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Transgender Athlete Competes For Olympic Spot |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/05/24/153589689/transgender-athlete-competes-for-olympic-spot |access-date=2016-10-03 |website=NPR.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=TORRE |first=PABLO S. |title=THE TRANSGENDER ATHLETE |url=https://www.si.com/vault/2012/05/28/106195901/the-transgender-athlete |access-date=2016-10-03 |newspaper=Sports Illustrated Vault &#124; Si.com}}</ref> Another Olympic team athlete, former member of Japan's Olympic women's [[fencing]] team from 2004 to 2006 [[Fumino Sugiyama]], is now a transgender rights activist and works to promote acceptance and participation of trans athletes in Japanese sports.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hatta, Naohiko |date=July 13, 2016 |title=Transgender man helps Shibuya make a difference |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/07/13/national/social-issues/transgender-man-helps-shibuya-make-difference/ |website=[[The Japan Times]]}}</ref>

In basketball, noted trans men include [[Jay Mulucha]], an LGBTQI activist and Ugandan basketball player with the Magic Stormers in the Federation of Uganda Basketball League (FUBA), and American basketball player [[Kye Allums]], the first openly transgender [[NCAA Division I]] college athlete.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/03/transgender.basketball.player/index.html |work=CNN |title=First transgender athlete to play in NCAA basketball |date=March 23, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013085241/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-03/us/transgender.basketball.player_1_transgender-athletics-staff-basketball-team?_s=PM%3AUS |archivedate=October 13, 2011|access-date=April 5, 2022 }}</ref> [[Harrison Browne]] was the first openly transgender athlete in professional American hockey, coming out in 2016 and transitioning medically after his retirement from professional sports in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pruski |first1=Scout |title=Harrison Browne talks Ovi, activism in visit to American University |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/other-sports/harrison-browne-talks-ovi-activism-visit-american-university |website=NBC Sports Washington |accessdate=16 January 2019 |date=28 November 2018 |archive-date=January 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116100541/https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/other-sports/harrison-browne-talks-ovi-activism-visit-american-university |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kumi Yokoyama]] is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for women's football club [[Okayama Yunogo Belle]] and the [[Japan women's national football team|Japan women's national team]].<ref name="reuters-22jun2021">{{cite news |title=Japan's Yokoyama comes out as transgender man |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/japans-yokoyama-comes-out-transgender-man-2021-06-22/ |work=[[Reuters]] |date=June 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/06/20/soccer/kumi-yokoyama-comes-out-lgbtq/|title=Soccer player Kumi Yokoyama comes out as transgender: 'It would be harder to live closeted'|first=Dan|last=Orlowitz|date=20 June 2021|website=The Japan Times}}</ref>

==== Safety concerns ====
In 2017, high school state wrestler and trans boy [[Mack Beggs]] won the Texas state girls' wrestling title.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2017-02-26 |title=Transgender boy wins Texas girls' wrestling title |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/story/_/id/18767310/transgender-wrestler-mack-beggs-euless-trinity-wins-texas-state-girls-wrestling-title |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> Beggs began taking testosterone to transition in 2015, which other athletes argued gave him an unfair advantage and created a safety risk.  He reached the state championship tournament after two opponents forfeited matches due to safety concerns, and a lawsuit was filed to suspend Beggs because of testosterone use. Beggs' mother stated that he wanted to compete in the boys' competition but was barred due to rules requiring that athletes compete according to the [[Sex assigned at birth|sex on their birth certificate]].<ref>{{cite web |date=18 February 2017 |title=Transgender teen wins regional wrestling title despite attempt to ban him from competing - SportsDay |url=http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/high-school/high-schools/2017/02/18/transgender-teen-wins-regional-wrestling-title-despite-attempt-ban-competing |access-date=18 April 2017 |work=DallasNews.com}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

{{Gallery 
| width = 100
| title = Transgender men athletes in women's sports
| HarrisonBrowne.jpg | [[Harrison Browne]], Canadian ice hockey player
| Zdenka Koubkova 1936.jpg | [[Zdeněk Koubek]], [[Czech Republic|Czech]] intersex man who was a women's track champion (1936)
|7=Jay Malucha.jpg|8=[[Jay Mulucha]], Ugandan basketball player|9=Poland Japan track and field match 1934.jpg|10=[[Witold Smętek]], Polish intersex man and track competitor (in white) (1934)|11=Kumi Yokoyama (cropped).jpg|12=[[Kumi Yokoyama]], Japanese professional soccer player}}

=== Trans men in men's sports ===
In 2013, [[Schuyler Bailar]] was recruited to the [[Harvard University|Harvard]] women's swimming team.  He took a gap year after high school to transition, and was told he could join the men's or women's swim team at Harvard, according to his preference.  He joined the men's team, and in 2015 Bailar became the first publicly documented NCAA D1 transgender man to compete as a man in swimming.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Merrill |first=Emma |date=2015-06-17 |title=Schuyler Bailar To Be First Openly Transgender D1 NCAA Swimmer |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/schuyler-bailar-to-be-first-openly-transgender-collegiate-swimmer/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Swimming World |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Schuyler Bailar, First D1 Transgender Swimmer, Joins Harvard's Men's Team {{!}} Sports {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/6/28/bailar-swimming-profile/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref>

More recently, [[Chris Mosier]], a duathlon and [[triathlon]] competitor on the US National team in duathlon, successfully challenged the [[International Olympic Committee]] former policy that required surgery before transgender athletes could compete in the category that matched their gender identity.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 21, 2016 |title=Trans triathlete Chris Mosier may be barred from competing at World Championships |url=http://www.outsports.com/2016/1/21/10802088/chris-mosier-trans-athlete-duathlon-world-championship |access-date=2016-08-19 |publisher=Outsports}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=June 14, 2016 |title=Olympic News - Official Source of Olympic News |url=http://www.olympic.org/content/news/media-resources/manual-news/1999-2009/2004/05/18/ioc-approves-consensus-with-regard-to-athletes-who-have-changed-sex |access-date=2016-08-19 |publisher=Olympic.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=ThinkProgress |date= |title=The Olympics Are Now Much Friendlier For Transgender Athletes — ThinkProgress |url=http://thinkprogress.org/sports/2016/01/22/3742064/trans-rights-olympics/ |access-date=2016-08-19 |publisher=Thinkprogress.org}}</ref> Mosier's challenge led to the creation and adoption in 2016 of new IOC guidelines for the categorization of transgender athletes in the Olympics in World Championships.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 22, 2016 |title=Exclusive: Read the Olympics' new transgender guidelines that will not mandate surgery |url=http://www.outsports.com/2016/1/21/10812404/transgender-ioc-policy-new-olympics |access-date=2016-08-19 |publisher=Outsports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The Trans Athlete Behind the Olympic Committee's New Gender Policy |url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/01/chris-mosier-transgender-athletes-olympics.html |access-date=2017-05-06 |work=The Cut |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Transgender Man Who Changed the Olympics, Sportshour - BBC World Service |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p041mff2 |access-date=2017-05-06 |website=BBC}}</ref>

In 2018, American [[Patricio Manuel]] became the first trans man to compete in professional men's boxing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=Kevin Baxter {{!}} Los Angeles |date=2017-08-08 |title=The first U.S. boxer to fight as a woman, and then as a man |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/08/first-transgender-us-boxer-pat-manuel/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=America's First-Ever Transgender Male Professional Boxer, Patricio Manuel, Wins His Debut Fight |url=https://people.com/sports/first-transgender-male-boxer-in-us-patricio-manuel-wins-debut-fight/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref>
{{Gallery 
| width = 100
| title = Transgender men athletes in men's sports
|Schuyler Bailar (cropped).jpg|[[Schuyler Bailar]], men's swimmer for [[Harvard]] from 2015 to 2019|Chris Mosier 41813087412.jpg |[[Chris Mosier]], men's triathlete, duathlete and racewalker| Patricio Manuel.jpg | [[Patricio Manuel]], American professional boxer who competed in men's boxing after transition
}}

=== Trans men in mixed sex sports ===
[[Quince Mountain]] was the first transgender [[dog musher]] to compete in the [[Iditarod]] dogsledding race in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2020 |title=Meet Quince Mountain, the Iditarod's first trans dog musher |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/meet-quince-mountain-iditarod-s-first-transgender-dog-musher-n1153196 |website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref>