r/facepalm • u/nonetakenback • Aug 12 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ US women’s rugby player takes a bad angle selfie and idiots assume she’s trans

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u/GreyerGrey Aug 12 '24

And if you play in a northern state or in Canada there is a MASSIVE cross over between figure skaters and derby players (also hockey players).

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u/HowVeryReddit Aug 12 '24

Ok, that's pretty fucking rad.

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u/GreyerGrey Aug 12 '24

It is. I've been playing for 9 years now and maybe I have 9 more, who knows. I'm not the oldest on either of the teams I play for so that gives me hope. I used to play rugby (rugby actually saved my life), and when I moved there was no team so I joined derby. I have teammates who are former soccer players, hockey players, figure skaters, judo champions, a provincial wrestling champion, artistic roller skaters, roller hockey players. All kinds and sizes. Super fun and it keeps me healthy and active (not just doing the sport, but as I try to do better and move to a more advanced play level, I need to work out to not get injured).

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u/HowVeryReddit Aug 12 '24

I tried getting into Derby as a pre everything trans while of course everything else was not superb either, it really would be good for me to get back into it... just need courage and drive...

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u/TheLionfish Aug 12 '24

Go find out when your local team is doing fresh meat / learn to skate. You don't have to sign up, just find out when it is as a starting point.

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u/dozeyjoe Aug 12 '24

I've played rugby and derby, but only one of those in Canada. Clearly it was the one that involved some sort of skates.