“I get to run around every Wednesday for a few hours and forget about my worries. And I get to do something with my body that makes me feel strong and at home in it.
“Because I’m not worrying about what it looks like or what people are thinking of my body, I get to experience what it can do – its strength, its flexibility, its reflexes – and as a trans person that is a rare and exquisite luxury.”
Jay is speaking to openDemocracy as a player for Goals Aloud in the newly formed Alternative Football League. According to its co-founder Beth Barnes, the AF League “is providing a safe space in Greater Manchester for women, non-binary and transgender individuals to take to the pitch – some for the very first time”.
