Leon Reuterström
Leon Reuterström is a Swedish former ice hockey goaltender and advocate for transgender inclusion in sports. From 2012 to 2018, he played for Leksands IF Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League, the top flight of Swedish women's hockey, before coming out to the public as a transgender man and retiring to pursue his medical transition.
Playing career
Reuterström began his career with Almtuna IS of the Division I and women's ice hockey AllEttan. In 2012, he signed with Leksands IF, splitting the 2012–13 season between the team's top Riksserien side and the B-side playing in Damettan. He established himself fully as a top-side goaltender the next season, and would take over as Leksands' starting goalie in 2015.In 2018, he publicly came out as a transgender man and announced his retirement from the SDHL in order to pursue his medical transition, as testosterone hormone replacement therapy conflicts with anti-doping rules in the sport.
Since his retirement, he has been outspoken about the difficulties trans people face in sports. In 2020, he returned to the ice for the first time in two years to participate in a charity match.