Olympic champion Ellia Green finds liberation in transition

'The only way to help heal is to talk about it': Olympic champion Ellia Green finds liberation in transition

Rio Olympic rugby sevens medallist Ellia Green speaks of struggling with mental health after retiring from elite sport, and his plans for the future with his partner and daughter as a trans man.

Olympic champion Ellia Green finds liberation in transition

Ellia Green realized as a young child -- long before becoming an Olympic champion -- that a person’s identity and a gender assigned at birth can be very different things.Now, about 20 years later, one of the stars of Australia’s gold medal-winning women’s rugby sevens team at the 2016 Olympics has transitioned to male.Green, who has kept the same name, told The Associated Press it was the best decision of his life. Realizing that sharing his exp…

Olympic champion Ellia Green finds liberation in transition

Ellia Green realized as a young child -- long before becoming an Olympic champion -- that a person’s identity and a gender assigned at birth can be very different things.Now, about 20 years later, one of the stars of Australia’s gold medal-winning women’s rugby sevens team at the 2016 Olympics has transitioned to male.Green, who has kept the same name, told The Associated Press it was the best decision of his life. Realizing that sharing his exp…

Olympic champion Ellia Green finds liberation in transition

Ellia Green realized as a young child -- long before becoming an Olympic champion -- that a person’s identity and a gender assigned at birth can be very different things.Now, about 20 years later, one of the stars of Australia’s gold medal-winning women’s rugby sevens team at the 2016 Olympics has transitioned to male.Green, who has kept the same name, told The Associated Press it was the best decision of his life. Realizing that sharing his exp…

Olympic rugby champion Green finds liberation in transition

Ellia Green realized as a young child that a person’s identity and a gender assigned at birth can be very different things

‘I’d like to help someone by telling my story’: Green finds liberation in transition

One of the stars of Australia’s gold medal-winning women’s rugby sevens team at the 2016 Olympics has transitioned to male.