BUFFALO, N.Y. — Harrison Browne is preparing to make his debut for the National Women’s Hockey League Buffalo Beauts as the second-year professional league’s first transgender player.
The 23-year-old previously played at the professional and college ranks as a woman, under the name Hailey Browne. On Friday, Browne announced he identifies as a male in a story published by ESPN .
Browne said he was planning to make the medical transition to being a man after completing his college career at Maine. He said he put that on hold in spring of 2015 for an opportunity to play in the newly created NWHL.