It’s the ultimate basketball move. The one who lifts a room and a bench, the one who sublimates technique and power. Julie Tetart knows how to slam her dunk in training. But when she gets under the basket during a match, she changes her mind. Her Monaco team has never seen her hang on the hoop. “I censor myself on the dunk, she admits. I’ve had the opportunity several times. If I do it, I know it’s not going to do it. I’m already catching waves.” Waves of hatred, insults, sarcasm. Just his photo of a warm-up dunk posted on Instagram earned him dozens of private messages questioning his “legitimacy” and his identity.
Julie Tetart, 33, is a licensed player with the Monaco Basket Association. She is the second transgender woman to play on the courts of Women’s League 2, the second French division. The first is Aurore Pautou, in the squad of La Tronche Meylan (Isère), current leader. These two interior players, who have the best stats in their championship, will face each other this Saturday, December 6 at 8 p.m. during the tenth day.
The sport has “always been a pillar” in the life of Julie Tetart. She started playing basketball at age 5 in Saint-Quentin, in Aisne. A practice which takes him to pre-national and N3 with the men’s teams. “I knew very early, very young, that I was trans, she remembers today. Basketball was an outlet. It allowed me to escape. When I am
