Maho Bah Villemagne has achieved an unprecedented victory by being the first transgender man in France to be officially authorized to compete in the men's categories. teleSUR
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00:00 In France, Mahoba Villamange has achieved an unprecedented victory by being the first
00:05 transgender man in his nation to be officially authorized to compete in the men's categories.
00:10 Let's see his story.
00:12 After 28 English women's boxing bouts and a French military champion title in 2022,
00:21 Mahoba Villamane has achieved an unprecedented victory by becoming the first transgender man
00:26 in France to officially compete in the male categories. After his legal gender transition
00:31 became official on December 22, 2023, Mahoba applied to the Federation for a change in his
00:38 license.On May 10, the members of the Federated Board unanimously approved his amateur boxing
00:43 license as a man, a first for a transgender athlete. The coach who has been training him
00:48 since his debut in 2017 describes him as a fighter. "In my day, women were forbidden to box.
01:01 You understand that today, to say to a woman, 'You can't box' would be scandalous,
01:06 it's impossible. And I think it's the same story. Society is progressing. Fortunately,
01:11 society is developing a major process of inclusion, and the trans issue is part of
01:16 this process of inclusion in sport. The only problem, well the big problem, with my transition
01:23 and being a trans man in competition is that I take hormones, so testosterone, and in fact there's a
01:28 level that you can't exceed, otherwise it's considered to be doping. And because of that,
01:33 well because of the fact that I'm taking hormone injections to get the hormone levels of a man,
01:37 I'm going to be more closely monitored than other men."