Jul 16, 2015
Matt Dawkins is finding out what it means to be a transgender athlete in the tumultuous world of high school.
Overall, tremendous strides have been made in transgender acceptance in sports, notably Olympic gold medalist and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner detailing her transition from man to woman in the pages of Vanity Fair.
But Dawkins is finding out what it means to be a transgender athlete in a world that is devoid of the support of millions of Twitter followers, vast personal fortunes and teams of publicists, doctors and handlers: high school.
Photos by the insanely talented Polina Yamshchikov.