The NFL's first Transgender Cheerleader

[mildcigar_2001]

For the "First Transseual" NFL cheerleader, they should have chosen someone more aesthetically pleasing.

[Murmdrum]

Now do you believe it?
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/justi...eader-panthers

I don't click Fox News either lol. both trash. I believe it. Just said I wasn't clicking it

[MrFanti]

I don't click Fox News either lol. both trash. I believe it. Just said I wasn't clicking it

Folks do make a lot of assumptions here!

[NormallyNorm]

The headline is actually first “out” transgender cheerleader, which suggests there could have been transgender cheerleaders before, who kept their gender status a secret. This was the case in the high fashion modeling world, if I’m not mistaken (recognition was given to “first openly transgender” fashion model, but other transgender models had already broken that barrier, but were not publicly open about their status)

Reminds me of how Playboy announced their first "out" transgender playmate a couple of years ago, acknowledging they'd had stealth Playmates before, most famously Caroline Cossey, who of course got outed a couple years after appearing in the magazine (and to Playboy's credit, they invited her back, long before trans acceptance was fashionable). I once read a thread where a couple of tgirls knew for a fact there had been at least 3 other stealth trans PB centerfolds over the years, which of course I've been curious about ever since.

[natina]

The headline is actually first “out” transgender cheerleader, which suggests there could have been transgender cheerleaders before, who kept their gender status a secret. This was the case in the high fashion modeling world, if I’m not mistaken (recognition was given to “first openly transgender” fashion model, but other transgender models had already broken that barrier, but were not publicly open about their status)

Yes many stealth high fashion models

[natina]

[Nikka]

I wanna be a cheerleader

[Fitzcarraldo]

A more recent profile:
https://www.elle.com/culture/a450846...stine-lindsay/

[Stavros]

Honest question- Do Cheerleaders make a difference to a game? We don't have them in football or any other game in the UK as far as I know (Basketball?) Aren't they just eye candy and groupies for the guys?

[Fitzcarraldo]

Honest question- Do Cheerleaders make a difference to a game? We don't have them in football or any other game in the UK as far as I know (Basketball?) Aren't they just eye candy and groupies for the guys?

They're additional entertainment. They certainly don't hurt the games. There's a lot of downtime during an NFL game. They can do stuff on the sidelines and alleviate the boredom.