Kye Allums
Personal information | |
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Born | October 23, 1989 (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 | |||||
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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 |
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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
- ↑ Brady, Erik (November 4, 2010). "Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW". USA Today.
- ↑ "Judge: School violated lesbian's rights, but prom cancellation valid". CNN. March 23, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/10/lgbt-history-month-kye-allums-first-openly-transgender-athlete/
- ↑ Brady, Erik (2010-11-04). "Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW". USA Today.
- ↑ "21 Transgender People Who Influenced American Culture". Time Magazine. May 29, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.gwsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/allums_kye00.html
- ↑ http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/05/19/Kye_Allums_Leaving_Basketball/
- ↑ Brady, Erik (November 4, 2010). "Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Moore, Elliott. "Kye Allums Discusses his Personal History as a Transgender Athlete". www.glaad.org. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Steinmetz, Katy (October 28, 2014). "Meet The First Openly Transgender NCAA Division I Athlete". www.time.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Brady, Erik (November 4, 2010). "Transgender male Kye Allums on the women's team at GW". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Allums, Kye. "About". www.kyeallums.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ↑ Steinmetz, Katy (October 28, 2014). "Meet The First Openly Transgender NCAA Division I Athlete". www.time.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Allums, Kye. "Booking". www.keyallums.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Moore, Elliott. "Kye Allums Discusses his Personal History as a Transgender Athlete". www.glaad.org. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Steinmetz, Katy (October 28, 2014). "Meet The First Openly Transgender NCAA Division I Athlete". www.time.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Allums, Kye. "Who am I?". www.kyeallums.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Mase III, J (December 17, 2013). "Are You Enough? Kye Allums Thinks So". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Allums, Kye. "About". www.kyeallums.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ↑ Jim Buzinski (27 July 2015). "9 inducted into National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame". Outsports.
- ↑ Allums, Kye. "Who Am I?". www.amazon.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
External links
- GW Transgender Player Deals With Wave of Publicity, AP
- Allums, Kye (2014-01-22). "Grantland, Dr. V and Being Enough". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2014-01-23.