Trans MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin opens up about why she’s not afraid to take a punch
“You want me in there being your boogeyman. So give me a fight.”
Alana McLaughlin utters those life-defining words in a new documentary about her journey into the ring, Unfightable. Three years ago, McLaughlin became the second out trans woman to compete in mixed martial arts, the culmination of her excruciating efforts to be recognized as her true self.
It took months for McLaughlin to find an opponent, or a venue that would even host her.
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