Transgender woman sings national anthem at professional sporting event
History was made at the Oakland Athletics stadium this week when a transgender woman sang the national anthem at a professional sporting event for the first time ever in the country.
Classically-trained opera singer Breanna Sinclaire took the mic at the O.co Coliseum for a sold out game between the A's and the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.
Sinclaire had a 30,000 audience at the A's LGBT Pride Night as she belted out the Star-Spangled Banner, and that wasn't counting the people who were watching the game on television."
* Just years earlier, Sinclaire had been homeless.
The singer was studying at a small conservative Christian college in Canada when she was truly able to embrace her gender identity, Sinclaire told Out Magazine.
But it was a decision not supported by her peers, and soon her family disowned her as well."
*'I feel very complete,' she said. 'I'm singing in front of people as my complete self.'
The singer credited Caitlyn Jenner with opening minds in the world of sports."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3131659/Breanna-Sinclaire-transgender-woman-sing-national-anthem-professional-sporting-event.html
Good for her and kudos to the Oakland A's. 