features & publications

Erin Hamilton Just Wants to Race - Triathlete Magazine Feature

“After turning her world upside down, the dream of a finish line kept this trans athlete going. But will she get to compete as herself in the sport she loves?”

Coming Out - Second Chances and Self Discovery - Live Feisty Media

“Hi, my name is Erin. I’m a female amateur triathlete who happens to be transgender.

Wait…. What?

Yep, that wasn’t a typo, I’m a transgender woman. 2017 produced a lot of firsts: returning to competitive racing since sustaining my traumatic brain injury, entering the world of triathlon, finishing my first 140.6 Ironman in Coeur d’Alene, and finding myself. You know, just to list a few. During all of that I also began my transition journey from male to female.”

Coming Out - Let’s Talk About Locker Rooms - Live Feisty Media

“In part one of my Coming Out series I shared my comeback from a severe traumatic brain injury, my discovery of who I really am—a Transgender woman—and my quest to go from not being able to walk to completing a full Ironman.

I had been cleared by my doctors, after sustaining a traumatic brain injury and overcome relearning how to walk and talk, to begin training for Ironman Coeur d’Alene, which was ten months away, and I was about three months into my Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). My hormone levels were slowly getting into the female range, and my body was beginning to change. I like to refer to this stage of transition as the awkward stage…waiting for hair to grow out, anticipating breast development, dealing with facial hair etc.”