Something that I think gets understated (understandably so) by Tumblr transfems, and Tumblr trans people in general tbh, is how it does suck to be excluded from sports, actually.
I enjoy sports. I have enjoyed playing games for a lot of my life, I have enjoyed studying sports, tactics and players, their histories and drama, engaging in communities. When I was younger, I used sports to try and fit in with others, and now I'm older I am using sports to build a better relationship with my father.
But as a transfem, the culture is so hostile towards, not only my existence, but my engagement in sports. In every sports website, subreddit, forum I post on, I post anonymously, using a different account from my regular account and never ever mention my gender. When I go to games, I dare not wear the clothes that make me feel happy, and I especially don't use the bathroom I feel most comfortable in, or correct people on my pronouns.
And there is no!!! safe!!! space!!! because trans people have been so thoroughly excluded from sports that finding any who have even a passive interest is extraordinarily rare. Even worse, I am never humoured. In the (very autistic) spaces I'm in, it is common courtesy to listen to people ramble about their TV shows, their blorbos, their niche horror podcasts. But that sympathy, that interest evaporates into thin air, replaced by a glassy facade if I so much as mention a ball. It's so embarrassing as well, the way they look at me as if I've admitted that I was actually faking being a trans woman the whole time, I've finally let the mask slip and exposed the cis man, the predator, who's been there the whole time whenever I talk about it.
I don't expect people to relate or suddenly get into sports or whatever, but I want people to start being activists about it. Because whilst I know for a lot of you, losing sports from your life is inconsequential, hell it may even improve it, but it's such a core part of me and my relationships and my past that the loss of it has genuinely damaged my personality. And to the trans people out there who are into sports I'm begging you to be more open about it.