This is Jake Hofheimer’s first season with the New Roads School baseball team, a progressive private high school in Santa Monica. He doesn’t play as much as he would like, but that doesn’t bother him because on the team, he feels like one of the guys, not Jake Hofheimer, transgender baseball player.

Originally enrolled in an all-girls school at the beginning of ninth grade, Hofheimer was tormented by his peers for being different. He was not out but was still marked as different, which morphed into daily teasing and taunting. Transferring to New Roads was a welcomed reprieve. The school has been a haven for Hofheimer, who is not the only transgender student in attendance. There are gender-inclusive restrooms on campus, and students are viewed as multifaceted individuals rather than through the lens of their identities by faculty and administrators.

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