Offside Project (2023, Documentary Series)
- Apr 16
- 3 min read
The Offside Project is a series of 20 filmed conversations held during the months of April to June, asking transmasculine people about their past and present access to football (soccer).
This list is sorted from Oldest to Newest uploads.
Maddie is a true beginner, pointing out the difficulties of living in a small town versus a big city when trying to build spaces, getting to play football at entry level once moving for university, and trying out a trans-inclusive team for the first time.
Hunter describes how religion in Northern Ireland affects the ability to play football, and the possibilities of building transmasculine spaces in the future.
Harris is coaching at a development centre in Aberystwyth, and discusses the difficulties of being an out trans man on a woman’s team, the potential for transmasc football, and loving Everton.
Emmott shares the process of building an inclusive space centered on giving opportunities to anyone who historically hasn’t been able to play football, regardless of gender, ability, and body.
Jay plays with Manchester Laces, a club attempting to build a space where trans people can play competitively outside of the FA, and tells the story of being at the Women’s Euro Finals in 2022.
Caz takes us on a journey from being a shy kid, to playing for Manchester United and ManCity, to transitioning across various teams over the years, while getting into the importance of honoring the dreams they had as a kid.
(Note: Due to file corruption half of this video is without image)
Korey talks about creating an unconventional grassroots team with his Fish’n’Chip shop, and the limitations that currently exist in academic studies centered on the barriers trans people face in sports.
E muses on being on T as a non-binary person and preferring to play in women’s and mixed gender teams, and gives advice on how best to build grassroots sports spaces through his own forays into building a sports team and working with TransActive.
Lee has lived a life full of football, from playing as a kid to get through difficult times, joining a men’s team and going stealth as an adult, coaching and mentoring girls, advocating for inclusivity through his work at Mermaids, and introducing his own kids to the sport.
Cole is currently looking for a place to play after having come out in high school and no longer able to participate, but isn’t sure if Kent is a place that can accommodate inclusive men’s football.
Jem goes into queer theories of sports spaces and football, his love of Ted Lasso, and the difficulty of wanting to access men’s spaces while worrying about the increasingly transphobic environment of the UK.
Arthur goes into detail on the iconic TDoV match, giving details on what it meant to be team captain for the day, working with Lucy Clarke and TRUK, and playing on a gay men’s team.
Gabriel discusses playing football for 21 years, the need to desegregate gendered sports for children, as well as thriving in a queer-inclusive 5-aside space in London.
Ruth speaks about playing goalie and refereeing for boy’s football matches as a teenager, and the necessity of building truly gender inclusive spaces that don’t police bodies, regardless of perceived gender.
Shiv gives a ringing endorsement of London team Goal Diggers, and gets into the importance of acknowledging the intersection of race and gender when trying to find a space that is truly trans championing.
Sam has played football for many years and is looking for a space that’s properly inclusive of trans men. We chat about the difficulty of terminology, the skill of women’s football, and the drama of men’s sports.
Brooklyn takes us through playing in the US and Hong Kong as a kid, being judged as a “masculine woman” before transitioning, and cerebral discussion of trans rights in sports.
Alex plays for the London team Goaldiggers, and gets into the joys of playing in women’s spaces, the inherent lesbianism of football, and the overlap of transmasculine identity and butchness.
Marlon shares the experience of playing for the transmasc TRUK team on Transgender Day of Visibility, previous attempts at finding a team that can encompass a trans masculinity, and changes in acceptance since his youth.
Since October 2022 a lot has changed for Frank – the story at the time centred on the difficulty in finding a space when neither men’s nor women and non-binary teams were able to be truly accepting of trans men.
This documentary series is courtesy of the Otherness Archive. All rights belong to the Otherness Archive and the Offside Project. No copyright infringement is intended. The Trans Guy Archive shares this resource on our website for the purposes of education, research, and historical empowerment.
Language: English
Resource type: Documentary, Video, Film
Format: Video
Date published: ~2023
Uploaded to TGA: April 16th, 2026
Last updated: April 16th, 2026
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