Trans darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven set to make history at World Championships

Trans darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven will make history this week when she competes at the World Championships.

Van Leuven, who transitioned in 2021 and who has faced controversy for playing against cis women, qualified for the Professional Darts Corporation World Championship in October – the first trans woman to do so. 

And on Tuesday (17 December), she will face Kevin Doets at London’s Alexandra Palace. 

‘I just want to be Noa’

“It’s going to be a big achievement for me and for my kind of people,” Van Leuven told the PA news agency. “But I guess I just want to be Noa, I just want to play darts and not always having to talk about the fact I’m also transgender.

“I’m a darts player and I’m terribly good at

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