As a child growing up in Brights Grove, Ont., Jessica Platt lived for hockey. Dispelling mythsIn the book, Platt looks back on the seven years she spent away from hockey. "A lot of people think that to be a transgender woman playing sports you just simply have to identify as a woman," Platt said. In 2018, she became the first openly transgender woman in North American professional hockey. The book Everyday Hockey Heroes Volume II was released earlier this week by Simon & Schuster.

Source: CBC News November 15, 2020 11:26 UTC