"Family, football and the World Cup should make space for everyone"

"Family, football and the World Cup should make space for everyone"

Reflections from a trans community organizer in Beirut Y. is a Lebanese transman based in Beirut. He is a senior campaigner on gender justice. Y. is also an artist, writer and community organizer. When I was a little girl, I took a certain mischievous pleasure in getting under my father’s skin during the men’s World Cup. While we watched the matches together, I would deliberately cheer for Germany, the arch-rival of his beloved Brazil, just to …