A football legend has revealed she is a transgender woman.
The stadiums that once cheered now feel like a courtroom of public opinion. For years, she endured pain on the field, but nothing compared to hiding her true self.
Coming out wasn’t reinvention—it was a return to the woman she had always known herself to be. Former rivals reached out with unexpected kindness, and young LGBTQ+ athletes saw new possibilities in a sport that once felt closed.
Her legacy on the field remains, but now her courage off it is rewriting the rules of belonging, proving greatness is measured not just in yards gained, but in the cost of telling the truth.