'Girls can have short hair. Get Over It': York footballers fight back against discrimination on the pitch

Yorkshire Post

A team of young girl footballers has launched a campaign defending their right to have short hair - after some were accused of being boys during a game.

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00:00Hi, my name is Camry and I'm 11 years old.

00:12Hi, my name is Flo and I am 11 years old.

00:17At a game we were taken off by the opposite team's coach because we were apparently boys

00:25and because we had short hairs because Flo just scored a goal and we got taken off.

00:30When I play football all I want is to just be myself and not worrying about people thinking

00:37I'm a boy because of my short hair.

00:40I just want people to stop commenting on us and just mind their own business because they're

00:45not who we are.

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