Trans boxer to blaze trail in France
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Trans boxer to blaze trail in France
ReutersCHACHOENGSAO, Thailand (AFP) – Wearing red lipstick and a pink sports bra, Nong Rose trades blows with her twin brother in a Thai boxing gym, preparing for a foreign debut that will make her the first transgender fighter to enter the ring in France.
A few weeks ahead of the Muay Thai match in Paris, the 21-year-old is training hard in central Thailand’s Chachoengsao province, with her brother as sparring partner.
Boxing is part of the siblings’ DNA – they learned how to jab, cross and kick from their uncle, a professional Muay Thai fighter, who started teaching them the basics when they were eight.
“Since we were little ones, we used to fight. but she was always stronger than me,” Nong Rose’s twin brother, Somrak Polchareon, said.
In the eyes of the Thai government, Nong Rose is a man named Somros Polchareon.
But she has always felt like a girl, and started dressing like one at the age of 14.
In life as in the ring, where she competes against men, finding her place has not always been easy.
“When I started fighting as a girl, I was afraid that people would not accept me,” she said, wiping away sweat after a feisty round of training...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099228/tra ... il-france/
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Re: Trans boxer to blaze trail in France
Good for her.
I hope she does well.
I hope she does well.
"Tolerance towards intolerance is cowardice"
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Re: Trans boxer to blaze trail in France
she's fighting men
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Re: Trans boxer to blaze trail in France
hah they used to let girls duke it our in a ring at Lamai on Koh Samui at the weekend. Ladyboys took part ofr a while but ehy were not making ebough to have their noses and teeth fixed so they stopped
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Re: Trans boxer to blaze trail in France
if you go to manila you can watch midgets boxing
I don't think midget is the right PC term but its what they call it
plenty of ladyboys but only fighting each other over tourists $$$
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Re: Trans boxer to blaze trail in France
I think the politically correct term used to be "People of Restricted Growth"chorlton wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:19 amif you go to manila you can watch midgets boxing
I don't think midget is the right PC term but its what they call it
plenty of ladyboys but only fighting each other over tourists $$$
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Re: Trans boxer to blaze trail in France
Is it against the rules to kick a girl in the nuts?
You could be next.
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Re: Trans boxer to blaze trail in France
I've just realised how we can get Pacquaio to win his next fight...Womanny, step over here, please.
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