"Cricketers Sent Me Nude Photos": Anaya Bangar, Sanjay Bangar's Child Who Underwent Gender Re-Affirming Surgery
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Anaya's journey has not been easy at all from the very beginning. In a recent interview, Anaya revealed the 'toxic masculinity' in cricket world.
Anaya Bangar, former Indian cricketer and coach Sanjay Bangar's child, last year shared a journey of transformation post a hormonal replacement therapy and gender reaffirming surgery. Anaya, who was formerly namely named Aryan, is an athlete and played age-group cricket following Sanjay Bangar's footsteps. But Anaya revealed that there were significant hurdles in pursuing cricket career after the gender reaffirming surgery. Anaya lives in the United Kingdom currently.
Anaya's journey has not been easy at all from the very beginning. In a recent interview, Anaya revealed the 'toxic masculinity' in cricket world.
In the interview, given to Lallantop, Anaya was asked: "When do you get to realise that 'I am in the wrong chosen gender?'"
"For me it was when I was eight or nine years old, I used to pick clothes from my mom's cupboard and wear them. Then, I used to look into the mirror and say, 'I am a girl. I want to be a girl'," Anaya said.
"I played with some well known cricketers now like Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Yashasvi Jaiswal. I had to maintain secrecy about myself because dad is a well known figure. Cricket world is filled with insecurity and toxic masculinity."
Anaya was then asked about the reaction of fellow cricketers after she underwent gender reaffirmation surgery. "There has been support and there have been some harassment as well," Anaya said.
