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Israeli Premier League referee to begin transitioning Sagi Berman, a referee in Israel’s Premier League, will change her name to Sapir, with the local FA's support. She intends to continue refereeing in the country's top tier after announcing her transitioning. Berman will officiate her first Israeli Premier League game as a woman on Saturday A top-level referee has started the process of gender transitioning. Sagi Berman, 26, will change her name to Sapir and start being addressed with female pronouns. "I lived with a very masculine identity and I was successful at it, be it as a referee, ...

Israel soccer league referee Sapir Berman. (Israeli Football Association) Israeli Premier League soccer referee Sagi Berman will come out publicly as transgender at a Tuesday press conference. She is the league’s first-ever transgender referee. Berman, 27, has been transitioning over the past several months, now goes by Sapir, and uses female gender pronouns. Berman has been known as one of the league’s top referees, but has been relegated to fourth-string judge in recent games due to the hormonal treatments that she has been undergoing. Last month, reports in the media revealed that one...