Hannah Mouncey AFL Women’s AFLW Draft hope and Jillian Bearden is first transgender athlete in U.S. pro cycling

Mouncey, 27, represented Australia in the men’s handball side that attempted to qualify for the Rio Olympics before transitioning into a female.

She has already trialled for AFLW clubs including Melbourne and has interest from several Victorian sides given her powerful 100kg, 190cm physique.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/aflw/hannah-mouncey-could-be-secret-weapon-for-aflw-club-next-year-after-strong-season-in-canberra/news-story/a67db1032bdf7aace62cc6df75266ca7

On Thursday, when Bearden saddles up with the world’s best female cyclists for the Colorado Classic in her hometown of Colorado Springs, she will be the first transwoman to race with a pro peloton in the United States. Thanks to recently relaxed International Olympic Committee rules governing transgender athletes, and USA Cycling’s embrace of those new rules, Bearden has become a beacon for transathletes across the globe.

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/07/first-female-transgender-pro-cyclist-colorado-classic-2017/