The NFL season doesn’t start until September, but Justine Lindsay is making history in the off-season as the league’s first openly transgender cheerleader.
Lindsay, 29, announced that she had made the Carolina Panthers TopCats team earlier this year in an Instagram post.
“Cats Out the Bag you are looking at the newest member of the Carolina Panthers TopCats Cheerleader’s @topcats as the first Transgender female,” Lindsay wrote. “I would like to thank the beautiful and talented dancers who supported me along the way … This is a moment I will never forget and I cannot wait to show you all what this girl has to bring. Thank you @topcats a dream come true.”
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