Carlton AFLW superstar Darcy Vescio reveals they are non-binary

Carlton star Darcy Vescio has revealed they are non-binary, becoming the second AFLW player to publicly announce their gender.

Darcy Vescio has revealed they are non-binary. Photo via their Twitter

Carlton AFLW star Darcy Vescio has revealed they are non-binary.

Vescio, 28, posted on social media on Wednesday evening explaining their decision to clarify their gender.

“Just popping in to let you know that I am non-binary,” they wrote.

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“Sharing this feels a bit daunting but brings me a lot of warmth and happiness.

“I am most comfortable with they/them pronouns and will always respond to Darcy unless in trouble.”

Vescio was an AFLW All-Australian in 2021, leading the league in goalkicking for the second time after kicking 16 majors in nine matches.

They follow Gold Coast’s Tori Groves-Little in coming out publicly as non-binary.

Just popping in to let you know that I am non-binary 🌈

Sharing this feels a bit daunting but brings me a lot of warmth and happiness.

I am most comfortable with they/them pronouns and will always respond to Darcy unless in trouble.

Thank you for reading 🥳 pic.twitter.com/0XpBKILlT4

— Darcy Vescio (@darcyvee) December 29, 2021

The idea of being non-binary comes from the growing understanding that gender identity can be fluid, and does not need to follow the traditional binary of man or woman, based on what the person themselves feels most comfortable as.

“There’s two parts of being non-binary,” Groves-Little told AFL Media last week.

“There’s one where you’re more gender-fluid where you could wake up and feel more feminine or one day you feel more masculine.

“And there’s the second one, which I identify more as, is neither.

“It sucks medically when you’ve got to put male or female, it just doesn’t feel right.

“It’s just gender-neutral, I guess. I don’t like to identify as either.”

The 2021 Australian census included male, female and non-binary gender options, while treating sex separately to refer to which gender a person was assigned at birth.

The AFL updated its gender diversity policy last year allowing trans and/or non-binary players in the AFLW, state leagues and elite pathways providing they meet certain criteria.

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