Halifax transgender teenager finds ‘family’ in football team
HALIFAX — About three months ago, Kenny Cooley nervously signed his name on a sign-up sheet to tryout for boys tackle football.
His anxiety about tryouts were not that of a typical teenager. Cooley is transgender and he was worried what the team would think.
“I had never played football before, but I was thinking, ‘I can do this. I can possibly do this’,” said the 17-year-old Grade 12 student at Halifax West High School.
“I had so many thoughts in my head about what the team would think of me if I tried out. I paced around the school for an hour before signing my name.”