Hawthorn AFLW Star Tilly Lucas-Rodd has been the player now in the league to undergo the top operation of gender.
The 29-year-old, who came out as a binary two years ago, revealed that the procedure was in Aflw, but it was more like an exterior appearance with a person who had seen in the mirror.
‘People often ask,’ How do I feel now? ‘Lucas-Rodd tells you ABC SportsSee rankings-.
‘Many people have a great operation have a great emotional and very well remembered. But for me, like this, ‘this is how I’ve seen it when I see myself.’
‘This is what I always think and always look internal.’
Operations, which include deleting breast tissues in what is the second mastekotom, as well as the nipple grafps – there is an optional person who chooses, but who chose people who choose to include the part of the procedure.
Before operation, Lucas-Rodd played when wearing a chest strap that composing breathing and moving harder
Tilly with the guernsey two large size to hide his chest during the AFLW game before the above operation
Before surgery, living and in the field often becomes physical and mental struggle. Lucas-Rodd, Former Captain Hawks and 2024 All Australia, regularly accelerated chest or wore a very tight binder – although in the game – to reduce the chest and reduce dyspararia.
Compresses will often restrict the respiratory, causing pain, and make it difficult, but it feels like a larger than both compared to playing sports at a professional stage.
‘In the past, I used to wear a guernsey that was at least two large size,’ he said.
‘Last year, I speak a medium size or large when before it was previously enrolled. I’m not comfortable in the chest, a very large dyphoria. This does not match what is the internal perceive. ‘
The rude is nowhere. Lucas-Rodd says that the joy he feels the training and preparing the new season – set to start in August – it is difficult to explain.
For the first time in his career, he continued to go out to the track without Binder, without bra sports, with Greernsey and feel easy on the skin.
‘I’ve felt when training – can be freely free, not with a sport bra, not with Binder, just put the jumper,’ he said.
‘Walk to track in Guernsey training or something, I think it is very happy, and it is very happy as I am.’
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His body is now appropriate to see how you can see yourself, and show you something to make yourself
Lucas-Rodd is now a AFLW player now to experience the main surgery, below at the foot of the former EL Chaston player and the two of these procedures after the procedure.
Two years ago, Lucas-Rodd was a third Aflw player to exit publicly as a non-binary – after a small and Carlton Groescio.
They tell fans in the video shown by HawThorn: ‘I don’t know that the gender is assigned when you are born, then I don’t feel like you. So for me, label ‘is not binary’ that is most comfortable. ‘
Since exit, Lucas-Rodd continues to do the way Identify, including related aspects of transemasculine experience.
‘Obviously I wasn’t binary, but it was transmasc,’ he said.
‘It’s something I still explore and I feel awesome. Here is the case of your sexuality and gender – continue to develop and ever change. ‘
In preparation of surgery, Lucas-Rodd pulls strength and support from other players who have been similar.
They often destroy el Chaston in lead, ask for the recovery and process. But at first, he is not sure if he would go with the decision.
Are not restricted by the chest compression, Lucas-Rodd is now train and play without physical or emotional taste
‘I am a friend’s friends a few weeks ago, and at first I will never go out in general,’ he said.
‘He just curious and asked,’ Why are you not? ‘It’s really making me reflect. Am I very afraid? Then I think, ‘he has done it. They were accepted. Why can’t I work? ‘
When a friend near Hawthorn knows about operations first – including friends Jenna Richardson, who is in the hospital – when Lucas-Rodd decides on a complete team.
‘I know that it will do water-based activity, and in footy, many recovery and you often spray the bath,’ he said.
‘Now the biggest is, I don’t have to use anything on top. So I understand going to the camp that I have to say the team. ‘
They send a message to the group and do not meet anything except for support.
‘I see them on the next day, and there are some questions and many interests … but everyone just met with love and received.’
This is the public with the story, but it brings new challenges – especially because they move safer aflw outdoors and to the more broader Aflw community, which can be more welcome.
Footy now feels different – not because of the skills, but because they feel free on themselves
‘It racking nerves,’ Lucas-Rodd claims.
‘If I had to talk about the Queer issue – what is proud or when it comes to a non-binary – comment that is difficult to read not from the Aflw community.
‘They are from the Afl community and a greater people of Australia. There are some furious items online.
‘So I’ve talked to your family and friends about this – that the bigger community will now comment. It’s not just going on a safe aflw fan board.
Still, they say that the decision to say larger than them.
‘If you’re doing for something bigger than yourself, you are kind to take and you will receive that the matter.
‘And I’ve got someone who encouraged the nearby circle, it will take a bath with love, and I do.’
Lucas-Rodd says one of the best motivations to show the experience is to help others who can go through the same thing but less of the support or confidence to say.
‘For people who may not have the conversation, it may not start this gender treatment process because they can not talk to him, and I never show you,’ he said. ‘It is also to show different types of genders and people in space for her in sports.’
He knows there will be backlash, but it won’t stop.
‘Login with the highest operating, people will say and do what you want, but I try to show them that you do not exist, you are included at a level of professional and elite,’ he said.
Lucas-Rodd says that the dominant postpower is one of the joy – not happy and excited.
‘If I see myself, especially without sack, I like,’ this stone, ‘they laughed.
‘So on the other side now, it is a very much relief. You build on your head, and there is nervous and anxiety – and it’s real. But now I’m here? Yes, it’s amazing. ‘
In the field, Lucas-Rodd is the power for Hawthorn in 2024, sending the home season after moving from defenses to defend. He played every game, an average of more than 20 disposal every match, and finished top five in the league for a total kick for a total kick for a total kick.
He reached the 75th game milestone from the first Hawthorn and fininalign finality and took all with the board at the team of all Australia.
