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Post by weaselboy on Aug 10, 2014 16:41:38 GMT -5
www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/aug/10/kellie-maloney-boxing-transgenderLennox Lewis former manager and trainer Frank Maloney has unveiled his wish to become a woman called Kellie. She told the Sunday Mirror: "I was born in the wrong body and I have always known I was a woman. I can't keep living in the shadows, that is why I am doing what I am today. Living with the burden any longer would have killed me." "What was wrong at birth is now being medically corrected. I have a female brain. I knew I was different from the minute I could compare myself to other children. I wasn't in the right body. I was jealous of girls." For the most part the boxing community has been quite supportive and positive about Maloney's decision. I wish him all the best but I must say it's certainly a shock!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 16:45:33 GMT -5
Good for her. Best of luck.
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Post by Ashy Larry on Aug 10, 2014 16:45:59 GMT -5
This reminds me of that episode of Family Guy where Quagmire's dad undergoes a sex change and when asked if he was gay, replies "I am a woman trapped in a man's body".
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 10, 2014 17:30:42 GMT -5
As long as she's happy, good for her.
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Post by 4real on Aug 10, 2014 17:37:54 GMT -5
Was pretty shocked when I read this earlier and it's sad she has felt like this for so long. Good luck to her everybody deserves to be happy.
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Post by Glitch on Aug 10, 2014 17:40:19 GMT -5
Reminds me of Nong Thoom, the transgendered woman who used to be a male muay thai champ. The best of luck to those who wish to be who they truly are on the inside.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Aug 10, 2014 18:06:24 GMT -5
Good going for her.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 18:13:14 GMT -5
I don't understand these things any more than anyone else, but it is very cool that people are more supportive of trans people now. While things are by no means perfect we've come a long way in a short amount of time in racial/sexual orientation/sexual identity/etc matters.
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Aug 10, 2014 18:17:00 GMT -5
Goodbye Frank.
Hello Francine?
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Aug 10, 2014 18:24:40 GMT -5
Would've been interesting to see if the support would be the same when still in boxing. Still, good for her for living how she wants.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 10, 2014 18:24:52 GMT -5
Frank Maloney, felt as male was phony, now Kelli Maloney, it's no baloney. I don't understand these things any more than anyone else, but it is very cool that people are more supportive of trans people now. While things are by no means perfect we've come a long way in a short amount of time in racial/sexual orientation/sexual identity/etc matters. Oh yeah, a LOT has changed in recent years. Lot of growing pains still, but it's been a fast-changing landscape.
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Aug 10, 2014 18:40:32 GMT -5
Never heard of her, but I've never been very into boxing. Regardless, good for her. Gender identity issues are extremely tough to grapple with, and I'm glad she's doing something to make herself happy.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 10, 2014 18:45:03 GMT -5
I don't understand these things any more than anyone else, but it is very cool that people are more supportive of trans people now. While things are by no means perfect we've come a long way in a short amount of time in racial/sexual orientation/sexual identity/etc matters. I hope Kellie Maloney has too, given her previous homophobic statements, which take on a new dimension now in hindsight.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 18:51:37 GMT -5
Until his chromosomes and genetic structure fundamentally change, I'll continue to consider him a man.
Although whatever procedures he wants to have done are his decisions to make, and shouldn't face discrimination for doing so.
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Post by Raskovnik on Aug 10, 2014 18:58:21 GMT -5
I'll never understand this stuff but do whatever makes you happy, dude. It doesn't affect me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 23:35:27 GMT -5
I will never understand why someone would go through all the painful surgeries and loads of pills a sex change requires as opposed to being a cross dresser or simply an effeminate man, but if that's what he wants to do, good for him I guess.
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Post by Hit Girl on Aug 10, 2014 23:47:25 GMT -5
I will never understand why someone would go through all the painful surgeries and loads of pills a sex change requires as opposed to being a cross dresser or simply an effeminate man, but if that's what he wants to do, good for him I guess. Because it might be difficult a male-to-female transgendered person to truly feel like a woman if they retain their penis.
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Post by Mozenrath on Aug 11, 2014 0:31:13 GMT -5
I will never understand why someone would go through all the painful surgeries and loads of pills a sex change requires as opposed to being a cross dresser or simply an effeminate man, but if that's what he wants to do, good for him I guess. It's a very big decision, of course, but for some of them, they feel like it will help complete them. The surgeries are thankfully not as primitive as they once were, but I imagine it's still very difficult and consuming of time and money.
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Aug 11, 2014 1:00:24 GMT -5
Can't believe no one has made the obligatory "But you should see her box!" joke yet.
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on Aug 11, 2014 3:54:04 GMT -5
Can't believe no one has made the obligatory "But you should see her box!" joke yet. Sean Carless brings humor, class, and sophistication to our humble forums once again.
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