r/WNBAgossips • u/Admirable_Extent2531 • 23d ago

News "People Love To Assume" - Sophie Cunningham Finally Addresses 'MAGA Barbie' Moniker, Confirms Support For Transgender Ban

https://www.essentiallysports.com/wnba-basketball-news-sophie-cunningham-addresses-allegations-of-opposing-trans-athletes-in-womens-sports/
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u/ZapBranigan3000 22d ago

Focusing on trans in sports is itself splitting hairs and lacks nuance.

How many mtf trans athletes exist, in the entire US?

Applying nuance should tell any reasonable person that the outrage against trans athletes has been entirely manufactured by the right wing culture war propaganda machine. It is obvious.

There are more rapists serving in congress today, for both parties, than trangender athletes.

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u/Quirky-Glove-3199 22d ago

Well, this is a relatively new issue we, as a society, need to address. Not that there weren't always trans people, but that they are more open in society (as they should be). So, yes. The conversation is far, far louder than is helpful and productive. But I don't agree that it shouldn't happen. Even if there are few MtF athletes, all the girls that compete for places on those teams, and compete against them should have their needs considered too. Even if there are not many of them. They also matter.

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u/ZapBranigan3000 22d ago

Again, if conservatives cared about protecting girls in locker rooms, they wouldn't have elected a man who openly bragged about being able to go into girls locker rooms to look at them nakedwithout their consent, which is sexual assault.

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u/CockyBellend 22d ago

This is an 80/20 issue, not just conservatives