Ex-Cricketer’s Trans Dau...

Anaya Bangar, the kid of former India cricketer Sanjay Bangar, has opened up about going through sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour from fellow cricketers following her gender-reaffirming surgical procedure. Previously often called Aryan, Anaya, who has performed age-group cricket, shared her expertise throughout an interview with Lallantop, shedding mild on the poisonous masculinity that persists within the sport.

Talking candidly, Anaya recalled her early years, saying, “After I was eight or 9, I used to put on my mother’s garments and look within the mirror, saying, ‘I’m a lady. I wish to be a lady.’” She revealed that she hid her id for years because of her father’s public profile and the judgmental nature of the cricketing world.

She additionally shared that after transitioning, some male cricketers she had performed with, together with well-known names like Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, and Yashasvi Jaiswal, started to behave inappropriately. “There have been a number of cricketers who randomly despatched me nude footage,” she mentioned. In a single occasion, she recalled, “An individual who would hurl gaalis publicly later sat beside me asking for my images. One other time, a veteran cricketer invited me into his automotive saying he needed to sleep with me.”

Anaya acknowledged she has seen each help and harassment since transitioning, and criticised the cricket system for its lack of inclusion. “The cricket world is stuffed with insecurity and poisonous masculinity,” she mentioned.

Now dwelling in Manchester, UK, Anaya has beforehand performed for Islam Gymkhana and Hinckley Cricket Membership in Leicestershire. After the ICC’s ban on transgender athletes in girls’s cricket, Anaya expressed her disappointment, urging authorities to border insurance policies that don’t drive athletes to “select between their ardour and id.”