Kye Allums

Kye Allums
Personal information
BornOctober 23, 1989 (1989-10-23) (age 35)
NationalityAmerican
Career information
High schoolCentennial High School
CollegeGeorge Washington

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.[1][2][3][4] Allums is a transgender advocate, public speaker, artist, and mentor to LGBT youth.

  1. ^ "First transgender athlete to play in NCAA basketball". CNN. March 23, 2010. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Brady, Erik (November 4, 2010). "Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW". USA Today. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "LGBT History Month: Kye Allums, first openly transgender NCAA athlete". October 2011. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "21 Transgender People Who Influenced American Culture". Time Magazine. May 29, 2014. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2014.