WORLD CUP FEVER: THE RISE OF COLUMBIA’S TRANSGENDER SOCCER CLUB

As Colombia strikes in the glow of it’s first World Cup appearance in sixteen years, the country’s marginalized transgender community uses football as an appeal for inclusion.

Inspired by Colombia’s first World Cup appearance in sixteen years, a group of transgender soccer players have together to form their own football team (football or fútbol as its known around the world.)‎

Watch Vocativ’s profile of the team here.

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