– The rebirth of Lio Keizer
At 23, Lio Keizer has agreed to draw a line under his promising career as a football goalkeeper, which crowned him Swiss champion with Servette-Chênois feminine in 2021. He recounts without taboo the happiness, but also the challenges of his gender transition.
Published today at 10:08 a.m.
Lio Keizer will no longer be a professional football goalkeeper. But the versatile 23-year-old artist has not yet drawn a definitive line on one of his two passions.
Nicolas Righetti / Monday the 13th
On the work surface, among the pens, cut-out paper or a Bluetooth speaker on which a football stadium has been painted, a drawing attracts attention. It depicts a stork flying over Renaissance-style columns. The black lines are fine and precise. “I was already born, but I changed my first name and called myself masculine, so it’s a form of rebirth,” smiles Lio Keizer. The symbol is strong. I feel on cloud nine, there are and will be darker moments. But I finally feel free!”
2024-02-05 09:43:13
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