Boxing legend Kellie Maloney (formerly Frank Maloney) comes out as Transgender. - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Frank Maloney, the former boxing promoter who guided Lenox Lewis to the world heavyweight title, has revealed that he is living as a woman called Kellie, and is going to undergo a sex change. "I was born in the wrong body and have always known I was a woman. I can't keep living in the shadows, that is why I am doing what I am today. Living with the burden any longer would have killed me," Maloney, 61, told the [I]Sunday Mirror[/I]. The promoter, who guided Lewis to the 1993 title, retired from boxing last year and has been working with the transgender organisation [URL="http://www.tgpals.org"]TG Pals[/URL]. [/QUOTE] [url]http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/boxing-promoter-frank-maloney-reveals-he-living-woman-named-kellie-1460579?utm_medium=social[/url] Other Sources: [url]http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/frank-maloney-sex-change-boxing-4030910#.U-e96rSfu2w[/url] [url]http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/10/frank-maloney-boxing-legend-and-former-promoter-of-lennox-lewis-reveals-sex-change-plans-4827263/?ITO=Facebook[/url] Good on her, especially at such a late age

Good on him!

[QUOTE=Midas22;45650438]Good on him![/QUOTE] Her*

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[QUOTE=MasterFen006;45650443]Her*[/QUOTE] Good on that person! :)

[QUOTE=99$-Plate;45650615]Good on that person! :)[/QUOTE] :downs: *

i thought it said transformer and i was about to frown about otherkin but then i saw transgender and all was well good for her

Takes courage. I can understand why the decision was made to do the reveal after retiring though, the boxing community must be thoroughly difficult to navigate if you're transgender.

How about we don't go into the he/her/it/they bullshit today eh? This is also the Same Frankellie Maloney who was called to resign as a UKIP candidate because he was openly against Homosexuality at the time. I find it just a little ironic that someone who is going through a sex change has a problem with Homosexuality. Is he going to leave his wife once he becomes a full fledged woman? That would make her gay, wouldn't it?

ITT: Facepunchers make a point of using the correct pronoun. It's interesting how someone could live for over 60 years before deciding that they were born in the wrong body. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("itt" - Orkel))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=CoolCorky;45650716]ITT: Facepunchers make a point of using the correct pronoun. It's interesting how someone could live for over 60 years before [b]admitting[/b] that they were born in the wrong body.[/QUOTE] Fixed, big difference.

Twitter reaction has been... mixed at best [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/EJvyfNJ.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/MYlNZ1m.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BIPDDBO.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/apwuqDU.png[/IMG] [QUOTE=BANNED USER;45650694]How about we don't go into the he/her/it/they bullshit today eh? This is also the Same Frankellie Maloney who was called to resign as a UKIP candidate because he was openly against Homosexuality at the time. I find it just a little ironic that someone who is going through a sex change has a problem with Homosexuality. Is he going to leave his wife once he becomes a full fledged woman? That would make her gay, wouldn't it?[/QUOTE] It calls into question whether it was overcompensating or not I think, but I don't think we'll find out without word from the woman herself.

If you wanna dress like a woman then okay, but I don't see how mutilating your own body is acceptable.

[QUOTE=matt000024;45650756]If you wanna dress like a woman then okay, but I don't see how mutilating your own body is acceptable.[/QUOTE] And here we go. [QUOTE=BANNED USER;45650694]How about we don't go into the he/her/it/they bullshit today eh? This is also the Same Frankellie Maloney who was called to resign as a UKIP candidate because he was openly against Homosexuality at the time. I find it just a little ironic that someone who is going through a sex change has a problem with Homosexuality. Is he going to leave his wife once he becomes a full fledged woman? That would make her gay, wouldn't it?[/QUOTE] About the homosexuality thing, it's not entirely uncommon for people acting that way to do so because they're suppressing their own conditions. Look at the amount of homophobes who claim they're "ex-gays", or the anti-gay politicians who get caught with same-sex prostitutes.

[QUOTE=matt000024;45650756]If you wanna dress like a woman then okay, but I don't see how mutilating your own body is acceptable.[/QUOTE] If you suddenly started growing mantits you're saying you wouldnt have them surgically removed to feel better about yourself?

[QUOTE=asteroidrules;45650770]And here we go. Also, about the homosexuality thing, it's not entirely uncommon for people acting that way to do so because they're suppressing their own conditions. Look at the amount of homophobes who claim they're "ex-gays".[/QUOTE] Ad hominem I see? I'm don't hate trans people or anything just like I don't hate people who get a tattoo, but in both cases I think it is dumb decision. At least with a tattoo you can reverse it if you really need to.

[QUOTE=matt000024;45650756]If you wanna dress like a woman then okay, but I don't see how mutilating your own body is acceptable.[/QUOTE] who says its not acceptable? you? God? who cares what you think.

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;45650694]How about we don't go into the he/her/it/they bullshit today eh? This is also the Same Frankellie Maloney who was called to resign as a UKIP candidate because he was openly against Homosexuality at the time. I find it just a little ironic that someone who is going through a sex change has a problem with Homosexuality. Is he going to leave his wife once he becomes a full fledged woman? That would make her gay, wouldn't it?[/QUOTE] We've seen this same sort of scenario play out before with staunch traditional-family US Republicans with long records of opposing homosexuality coming out as gay either unexpectedly or after being caught with a gay prostitute. Politicians, especially, are deeply incentivized to go for mass appeal (to their chosen voter demographics) over personal qualms with party platforms. Wouldn't be the first time societal pressure has made a hypocrite out of someone. I'm not excusing said hypocrisy or any terrible shit done because of it, but it's not unheard of. [QUOTE=CoolCorky;45650716]ITT: Facepunchers make a point of using the correct pronoun. It's interesting how someone could live for over 60 years before deciding that they were born in the wrong body.[/QUOTE] The OP clearly quotes Maloney as saying that this has been a lifelong closeted thing. It's tragic that someone would deny their own identity for six decades of life because of a backwards society.

[QUOTE=matt000024;45650798]Ad hominem I see? I'm don't hate trans people or anything just like I don't hate people who get a tattoo, but in both cases I think it is dumb decision. At least with a tattoo you can reverse it if you really need to.[/QUOTE] I wasn't addressing you in that second part, I was addressing BANNED USER's mention of her stance on homosexuality. I have since edited the post to clarify that. Only the "and here we go" part was directed at you because you made the inevitable shitpost that turns the whole thread into a debate on whether or not transgender is real.

[QUOTE=matt000024;45650798]Ad hominem I see? I'm don't hate trans people or anything just like I don't hate people who get a tattoo, but in both cases I think it is dumb decision. At least with a tattoo you can reverse it if you really need to.[/QUOTE] The difference here is that you don't get a tattoo to deal with your gender dysphoria.

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;45650694]How about we don't go into the he/her/it/they bullshit today eh? This is also the Same Frankellie Maloney who was called to resign as a UKIP candidate because he was openly against Homosexuality at the time. I find it just a little ironic that someone who is going through a sex change has a problem with Homosexuality. Is he going to leave his wife once he becomes a full fledged woman? That would make her gay, wouldn't it?[/QUOTE] Not that uncommon, theres plenty of gays and lesbians that are strictly against transgendered people.

[QUOTE=matt000024;45650798]Ad hominem I see? I'm don't hate trans people or anything just like I don't hate people who get a tattoo, but in both cases I think it is dumb decision. At least with a tattoo you can reverse it if you really need to.[/QUOTE] How the hell is that an ad hominem?

[QUOTE=matt000024;45650798]Ad hominem I see? I'm don't hate trans people or anything just like I don't hate people who get a tattoo, but in both cases I think it is dumb decision. At least with a tattoo you can reverse it if you really need to.[/QUOTE] Comparing body modification to gender dysphoria, smooth.

[QUOTE=matt000024;45650798]Ad hominem I see? I'm don't hate trans people or anything just like I don't hate people who get a tattoo, but in both cases I think it is dumb decision. At least with a tattoo you can reverse it if you really need to.[/QUOTE] um sir you are triggering me

[QUOTE=matt000024;45650798]Ad hominem I see? I'm don't hate trans people or anything just like I don't hate people who get a tattoo, but in both cases I think it is dumb decision. At least with a tattoo you can reverse it if you really need to.[/QUOTE] Oh my god thats a horrible analogy. One chooses to get a tattoo. One does not chose to be born in the wrong body.

[QUOTE=matt000024;45650756]If you wanna dress like a woman then okay, but I don't see how mutilating your own body is acceptable.[/QUOTE] They're not mutilating their body, they're trying to fix it.

[QUOTE=wewt!;45651253]They're not mutilating their body, they're trying to fix it.[/QUOTE] but it was already fine?? if you're born with a pair of testicles im pretty sure that makes you a man, you can't destroy what's been preprogrammed

[QUOTE=Rofl_copter;45651263]but it was already fine?? if you're born with a pair of testicles im pretty sure that makes you a man[/QUOTE] They're fixing their sex to match their gender ya tool.

[QUOTE=Rofl_copter;45651263]but it was already fine?? if you're born with a pair of testicles im pretty sure that makes you a man, you can't destroy what's been preprogrammed[/QUOTE] No it means you have male sex organs, not necessarily the brain of a man.

[QUOTE=Rofl_copter;45651263]but it was already fine?? if you're born with a pair of testicles im pretty sure that makes you a man, you can't destroy what's been preprogrammed[/QUOTE]Gender and sex are distinct concepts.