The trans team makes new episodes of discrimination visible in a space that should be safe
Transphobia in sport is once again evident after the statement from Titrans C.F., which has denounced transphobic comments suffered by two of its players during a tournament organized against LGTBIQ+phobia.
On February 21, during a 7-a-side football tournament organized with the aim of vindicating the fight against LGTBIQ+phobia in sport, two players from Titrans C.F. They were victims of transphobic comments from other participants. The paradoxical thing: the event was born precisely to eradicate discrimination in sporting environments.
The team has released a statement in which it denounces what happened and reaffirms its commitment to inclusive football free of hate.
“We do not tolerate these attitudes”
In its official statement, Titrans C.F. strongly condemns any transphobic, misogynistic or discriminatory attitude, behavior or comment towards trans people and dissidents.
The team emphasizes that the attacks not only affect those who receive them directly, but also generate physical, mental and emotional consequences for the entire trans community. Especially in spaces that should be safe.
They also denounce comments directed at the physical appearance and transition status of their players, remembering that each process is personal and that gender identity is not subject to judgment or external validation.
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Transphobia also inhabits LGTBIQ+ spaces
One of the hardest points of the statement is the recognition that, even in a space created for LGTBIQ+ people, dynamics typical of the most exclusive cisheterosexual football were reproduced.
Symbolic violence does not disappear by changing the context. And that forces an uncomfortable reflection within the group itself.
Are we building truly inclusive spaces or just symbolic spaces?
Thanks and complicities
Titrans C.F. has publicly thanked the reaction of the event organization and the support received from other teams that decided to withdraw as a gesture of solidarity. Among them, G-Madrid Sports, which showed support from the first moment.
The team insists that these episodes do not slow them down. On the contrary: they reinforce the need to continue occupying sports spaces and making the trans presence in football visible.
Sports as a symbolic battlefield
The reality is clear: sport continues to be one of the areas where there is the most resistance towards gender diversity. The historical invisibility of trans people in competitions, the constant scrutiny of bodies and the sensationalist media narrative continue to fuel a hostile climate.
That is why the positioning of Titrans C.F. It goes beyond a specific complaint. It is a political demand.
Making football an inclusive space is not a symbolic gesture. It is a pending cultural transformation.
A call to the royal alliance
The statement concludes with a call for complicity, solidarity and genuine alliance with the trans community, on and off the field.
Because respect is not celebrated one day.
It is practiced every day.
And diversity is not instrumentalized: it is defended.
