Mara Gómez, the first trans player of Argentine soccer makes history

Mara Gómez, 23, becomes the first trans soccer player to play in the highest category in Argentina

GAYLES.TV.- Front Mara Gomez has gone down in the history of Argentine soccer after becoming the first trans player to compete in the First Division female country. At 23, he debuted with the Villa San Carlos Female doors Lanús after the qualification process that had been open since January was settled days before. Gomez he had been from the start in all the preseason games of his team, but had not been able to make his presentation on the first date because his qualification had not arrived on time.

Even though his team fell for 7 am - 1 pm There were truly emotional moments once the end of the meeting was decreed. The visiting players gave away to Mara a garnet set with the number '10'. «Mine is simply love of sports, today I have to defend the colors of the Villa and I am trying to do my best to get the results. I'm always trying to move forward and progress«He expressed after the game.

??✊ Never stop fighting for your dreams…

Thanks a lot, @clublanus!! ??#We areVillaSanCarlos #VSCFem pic.twitter.com/5rTudoVT4X

- Villa San Carlos Female (@VSCFem) December 7, 2020

«Sports must be de-binarized and enjoyed. I am glad that there is a State present and a Gender Identity Law that allows us to be part of it. I tell the girls to go out and fight for their dreams, that we are passing through life. Everything that is new is revolutionary, you have to fight and go out to find your goals. I am here fulfilling mine«, Declared the forward.

Mara has extensive experience in football, especially in teams of the Amateur League Platense. I'm going through Iris Association, UOCRA and AFI Las Malvinas. With this last cast she was two-time champion (Clausura and Apertura 2019) and top scorer (15 and 18 goals, respectively). In addition, he was part of the campus of cambaceres (where he played tournaments outside AFA) and integrated the Platense Women's Soccer Team that in 2019 played a friendly against Sporty Tanners.

«It is historic worldwide. The struggles were long, a long road, a lot of suffering to be here today. It is not an individual conquest, it is a social, collective question«, Recognizes the soccer player.