Former college basketball player
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.
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[2]
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[5] Allums is a
transgender advocate, public speaker, artist, and mentor to
LGBT youth.
Allums graduated from
Centennial High School in
Circle Pines, Minnesota , United States. He played three seasons as a guard on the women's basketball team at George Washington University, the
George Washington Colonials .
[6] Allums's teammates called him "Kay-Kay".
[7] Allums began telling people to call him "Kye".
[8] He came out as a trans man in 2010.
[9] He told sports website
Outsports , "my biological sex is female, which makes me a transgender male."
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In May 2011, GWU announced that Allums had decided to leave the GWU basketball team.
[11] He graduated from George Washington University in 2011 with a
bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.
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In 2014, in an interview with
ESPN , Allums said that he had attempted suicide.
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George Washington statistics
Year
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Team
GP
Points
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
2008-09
George Washington
11
35
28.6
18.8
38.1
2.2
1.3
0.2
0.1
3.2
2009-10
George Washington
26
193
37.8
37.1
75.0
4.6
1.1
0.8
0.2
7.4
2010-11
George Washington
8
54
47.4
30.0
63.2
3.4
0.6
0.6
0.3
6.8
Career
George Washington
45
282
37.7
32.7
62.5
3.8
1.0
0.6
0.2
6.3
Allums began traveling around the country to talk about life as a transgender person.
[15] He visits high schools, colleges and universities to discuss the transgender community and how it is possible to be transgender and play on a team.
[16] He gives advice on confronting bullies when being trans.
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He starred in
Laverne Cox 's documentary The T Word.
[18] The film follows young transgender individuals and explains what they go through.
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Allums produced a project called "I Am Enough", which encourages other LGBTQ individuals to come out and talk about their experiences.
[20] The project allows individuals to submit their stories, thereby showing people who share the same issues that they are not alone.
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In 2015, he was inducted into the
National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame .
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Allums published a book called Who Am I? , which features poems and letters he wrote about his parents and himself.
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^
"First transgender athlete to play in NCAA basketball" . CNN . March 23, 2010. Archived from
the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2022 .
^ 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 .
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"LGBT History Month: Kye Allums, first openly transgender NCAA athlete" . October 2011.
Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2012 .
^ Brady, Erik (November 4, 2010).
"Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW" . USA Today .
Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013 .
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"21 Transgender People Who Influenced American Culture" . Time Magazine. May 29, 2014.
Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2014 .
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"Kye Allums" .
Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013 .
^ Brady, Erik (November 4, 2010).
"Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW" . USA Today .
Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015 .
^ Moore, Elliott (February 19, 2013).
"Kye Allums Discusses His Personal History as a Transgender Athlete" . www.glaad.org .
Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015 .
^ Steinmetz, Katy (October 28, 2014).
"Meet The First Openly Transgender NCAA Division I Athlete" . www.time.com .
Archived from the original on May 1, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015 .
^ Brady, Erik (November 4, 2010).
"Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW" . USA Today .
Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015 .
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"Kye Allums Leaving Basketball" . May 19, 2011. Archived from
the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2022 .
^ Allums, Kye.
"About" . kyeallums.com .
Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015 .
^ Nichols, JamesMichael (January 21, 2014).
"Kye Allums, Trans Sports Star, Reveals He Wanted To Kill Himself After ESPN Profile" . HuffPost .
Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2022 .
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"NCAA® Career Statistics" . web1.ncaa.org .
Archived from the original on May 11, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2016 .
^ Steinmetz, Katy (October 28, 2014).
"Meet The First Openly Transgender NCAA Division I Athlete" . www.time.com .
Archived from the original on May 1, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015 .
^ Allums, Kye.
"Booking" . Kyeallums.com .
Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015 .
^ Moore, Elliott (February 19, 2013).
"Kye Allums Discusses his Personal History as a Transgender Athlete" . GLAAD .
Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015 .
^ Steinmetz, Katy (October 28, 2014).
"Meet The First Openly Transgender NCAA Division I Athlete" . www.time.com .
Archived from the original on May 1, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015 .
^
Laverne Cox (host).
"Laverne Cox Presents: 'The T word'" (Full Documentary).
^ Allums, Kye.
"Who am I?" . kyeallums.com .
Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015 .
^ Mase III, J (December 17, 2013).
"Are You Enough? Kye Allums Thinks So" . HuffPost .
Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2022 .
^ Jim Buzinski (July 27, 2015).
"9 inducted into National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame" . Outsports .
Archived from the original on December 8, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2016 .
^ Allums, Kye.
"Who Am I?" . www.amazon.com . Retrieved May 4, 2015 .