Kye Allums
American college basketball player and transgender advocate (born 1989) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kye Allums (born October 23, 1989) is an American 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.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 23, 1989 (age 35) |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| High school | Centennial High School |
| College | George Washington |
Personal life
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.[5] Allums's teammates called him "Kay-Kay".[2] Allums began telling people to call him "Kye".[6] He came out as a trans man in 2010.[7] He told sports website Outsports, "my biological sex is female, which makes me a transgender male."[2]
In May 2011, GWU announced that Allums had decided to leave the GWU basketball team.[8] He graduated from George Washington University in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.[9]
In 2014, in an interview with ESPN, Allums said that he had attempted suicide.[10]
George Washington statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year[11] | 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 |
Advocacy
Allums began traveling around the country to talk about life as a transgender person.[7] 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.[12] He gives advice on confronting bullies when being trans.[13]
He starred in Laverne Cox's documentary The T Word.[7] The film follows young transgender individuals and explains what they go through.[14]
Allums produced a project called "I Am Enough", which encourages other LGBTQ individuals to come out and talk about their experiences.[15] The project allows individuals to submit their stories, thereby showing people who share the same issues that they are not alone.[16]
In 2015, he was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.[17]
Published work
Allums published a book called Who Am I?, which features poems and letters he wrote about his parents and himself.[18]
References
External links
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