Japanese Soccer Player Kumi Yokoyama Comes Out As Transgender

Washington Spirit‘s Kuymi Yokoyama came out as transgender in an interview on her former Japan teammate Yūki Nagasato‘s Youtube channel. This announcement makes Yokoyama one of the highest-profile names in Japanese sports to come out as transgender. Yokoyama said living in Germany and the United States played a major role in her decision to go public. “I’ve dated several women over the years but I had to stay closeted in Japan,” Yokoyama said in the interview translated by The Japan Times. “In Japan I’d always be asked if I had a boyfriend, but [in the United States] I’m asked if I have a boyf...