Kye Allums

Kye Allums
Personal information
Born October 23, 1989 (1989-10-23) (age 27)
Nationality American
Career information
High school Centennial High School
College George Washington

Kye Allums (born October 23, 1989) is a former college basketball player at for the George Washington Colonials women's basketball team of George Washington University (GWU) and a transgender pioneer.[1]

He is now a transgender advocate, public speaker, artist, and mentor to LGBT youth. In 2010, Allums, a trans man, became the first openly transgender NCAA Division I college athlete.[2][3][4][5]

Allums graduated from Centennial High School in Circle Pines, Minnesota. He played three seasons as a guard on the women's team at GWU.[6] In May 2011, it was reported that Allums decided to leave the GWU basketball team.[7]

Personal life

Kye Allums was born as Kyler Kelican Allums and his teammates would call him Kay-Kay.[8] Allums began telling people to call him Kye. Allums is of African American descent.[9] Kye Allums came out in 2010, while he was playing for the George Washington University's women's basketball team.[10] Allums told sports website outsports.com, "My biological sex is female, which makes me a transgender male.".[11]

In 2011, he graduated from The George Washington University and with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.[12]

In 2014, Allums revealed that he attempted suicide after ESPN came out with his story.[13]

George Washington statistics

Legend
  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[14] 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

Career

Allums began traveling around the country to talk about life being transgender.[15] He travels around to different high schools, colleges and universities to discuss the transgender community and how it is possible to be transgender and play on a team.[16] Allums gives advice on confronting bullies when being trans.[17]

He starred in Laverne Cox’s documentary, called The T Word.[18]The documentary follows young transgender individuals and explains what they go through being young and transgender.

Kye produced a project called “I Am Enough”, which allows other LGBTQ individuals to come out and talk about their experiences.[19] The project allows individuals to submit their stories and by doing so, it allows people with the same issues know that they are not alone.[20] Allums now has his own website called www.kyeallums.com, where people can keep updated with his life.[21]

In 2015, he was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.[22]

Published work

Allums published his own book called Who am I, that features poems and letters he wrote about his parents and himself.[23]

References

  1. Brady, Erik (November 4, 2010). "Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW". USA Today.
  2. "Judge: School violated lesbian's rights, but prom cancellation valid". CNN. March 23, 2010.
  3. http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/10/lgbt-history-month-kye-allums-first-openly-transgender-athlete/
  4. Brady, Erik (2010-11-04). "Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW". USA Today.
  5. "21 Transgender People Who Influenced American Culture". Time Magazine. May 29, 2014.
  6. http://www.gwsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/allums_kye00.html
  7. http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/19/Kye_Allums_Leaving_Basketball/
  8. Brady, Erik (November 4, 2010). "Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  9. Moore, Elliott. "Kye Allums Discusses his Personal History as a Transgender Athlete". www.glaad.org. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  10. Steinmetz, Katy (October 28, 2014). "Meet The First Openly Transgender NCAA Division I Athlete". www.time.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  11. Brady, Erik (November 4, 2010). "Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  12. Allums, Kye. "About". www.kyeallums.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  13. Nichols, JamesMichael (January 21, 2014). "Kye Allums, Trans Sports Star, Reveals He Wanted To Kill Himself After ESPN Profile". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  14. "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  15. Steinmetz, Katy (October 28, 2014). "Meet The First Openly Transgender NCAA Division I Athlete". www.time.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  16. Allums, Kye. "Booking". www.keyallums.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  17. Moore, Elliott. "Kye Allums Discusses his Personal History as a Transgender Athlete". www.glaad.org. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  18. Steinmetz, Katy (October 28, 2014). "Meet The First Openly Transgender NCAA Division I Athlete". www.time.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  19. Allums, Kye. "Who am I?". www.kyeallums.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  20. Mase III, J (December 17, 2013). "Are You Enough? Kye Allums Thinks So". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  21. Allums, Kye. "About". www.kyeallums.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  22. Jim Buzinski (27 July 2015). "9 inducted into National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame". Outsports.
  23. Allums, Kye. "Who Am I?". www.amazon.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.

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