The Olympics brought the hot button topic of Transgender Athletes to the forefront with Quinn and Laurel Hubbard competing in Japan. The topic of fairness in sports often comes into play, along with an array of moral questions, often led by a lack of understanding. In this exclusive 2 part interview Nathan sits down with Australias potentially most, reluctantly, well known trans-athlete, Hannah Mouncey. Hannah will be the first to tell you that her gender identity makes up such a small part of who she is, which makes the conversation, with the controversial nature of transathletes, in mind, all the more interesting. In Part 1 of this 2 part special, Nathan and Hannah dive into Hannahs childhood growing up in Australia, moving to Canberra, falling in love with Handball (and no, it's not that game you played at school), the difficulties of competing in a self-funded elite sport, representing Australia internationally, and the path that eventually led to her coming out while sitting poolside in Qatar. We explore how the acceptance of her gender identity not only affected Hannah, but those around her, her sporting dreams and her family and friends. We discuss how people mourned who Hannah was, while adjusting to who she is as well as exploring the changes she went through after visiting a Doctor and beginning hormone treatment. It's just half the book, so make sure to subscribe and you won't miss Part 2 where we discuss the situation that made her famous, the AFLW draft, the realities of the hormone treatment and how that changes you both in day to day life and in a sporting context. Also on the part 2 agenda is representing the Australian National Womens team for Handball and the challenges being a transathlete presents. You can follow the podcast on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/theworlduncutpodcast/If you enjoyed the episode please leave a review and rating, tell a friend and subscribe! Thanks so much!

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