Trans San Jose State U. volleyball player Blaire Fleming speaks out

Trans San Jose State U. volleyball player Blaire Fleming speaks out

(KRON) -- A San Jose State University volleyball player who was caught in the middle of a heated national debate over transgender athletes spoke out for the first time this week. In an interview with the New York Times, Blaire Fleming described what it was like transitioning as a teenager, and talked about how SJSU's women's volleyball team was nearly ripped apart by the 2024 controversy. When Fleming arrived at SJSU, playing on a girl's or wome…

San Jose State’s Blaire Fleming sheds light on her tumultuous senior season as a trans athlete in NYT interview

Fleming acknowledged publicly for the first time that she is transgender in the Times story, detailing her childhood realization that she was different from other kids and her transition beginning at age 14.

SJSU’s Blaire Fleming was suicidal after becoming beacon of national anti-trans movement

In her first public comments, former San Jose State volleyball player Blaire Fleming said she was suicidal after being outed as transgender by a teammate.

How the War Over Trans Athletes Tore a Volleyball Team Apart

One year ago, a website publicly outed Blaire Fleming, a starting member of the San Jose State University volleyball team, as a trans woman. That incident, writes Jason Zengerle for The New York Times Magazine, elevated Fleming from “a mostly unknown college volleyball player to an unwilling combatant in the culture war” concerning identity and competitive sports. For this story, Zengerle, the first journalist to speak with Fleming about her exp…