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Argentina: Trans footballer makes history by signing with premier league women’s team
by EMMA POWYS MAURICE
The Argentinian football club Villa San Carlos has signed its first ever transgender player for the top women’s league, Primera Division A.
As well as being the first for the club, Argentine striker Mara Gomez, 22, will also be the first transgender woman ever to play in an official Argentine FA tournament.
Gomez previously played for Toronto City and the amateur league side Malvinas, where she won two league titles and became the club’s top goalscorer.
A picture of her standing next to another of the team’s newest acquisitions, Ludmila Angeli, went viral as a piece of the country’s footballing history.
“Being able to be in professional football represents a historical struggle,” she told EN24. “Just as women’s football fought for professionalisation, we all fight for the right to achieve a football in which we can all participate.” Read more via Pink News