<p>For Puja Soy, scoring four goals in the opening match of the Transgender League felt less like a personal milestone and more like the beginning of a new identity, not as a transgender woman, but as a footballer finally recognised on the stage she had long dreamed of. “Football is such a beautiful sport, and for the first time, I felt like I wasn’t being seen for my gender, but for my game,” she said, her eyes still bright from Jamshedpur FT’s 7–0 triumph over Chaibasa FC.</p>
