In 2016, while playing in the National Women's Hockey League, Harrison Browne became what many publications thought to be the first openly transgender athlete in any professional U.S. team sport.

[1] Cleary had been in discussion with Hutch Hutchinson, a defender on Team Trans, about how they wanted to create a space for transgender athletes.

[2] Cleary then contacted Boston Pride Hockey Vice President Mark Tikonoff about recruiting an all-trans team.

[4] The team was also scheduled to play in a second Friendship Series with the Madison Gay Hockey Association in April 2020, though these plans were postponed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

[4] After awaiting the chance to enter LGBTQ hockey tournaments since the start of the pandemic, they reunited on the ice in Middleton, WI over the weekend of November 20–21, 2021.

[12] The players are divided by skill level, in order to play scrimmages or against other teams from college or adult recreational leagues.

They played exhibition games at Parade Ice Garden in Minneapolis during the Twin Cities Pride Festival in June 2023.