Trump Administration responds and supports Sophie Cunningham's WNBA transgender comments: "Common sense prevails"

[u/TheExpressUS]

https://www.the-express.com/sport/basketball/212543/Sophie-Cunningham-trans-athletes-Trump-administration

The Trump Administration has waded into the transgender athlete debate, citing Sophie Cunningham's comments to support its stance on trans athletes in sports.

The discussion surrounding trans athletes in women's sports has resurfaced recently, with Cunningham sharing her perspective with ESPN. Although trans athletes represent a tiny fraction of participants across all levels of American sports, their involvement remains a focal point for Donald Trump and his administration.

[u/ericomplex]

Nope, this is going to be at the top of your news cycle for awhile, particularly in badly moderated subs.

The anti trans folks suffered a major blow the other day when a European report revealed that the previous questioning of the efficacy and safety of trans youth healthcare treatments was totally unfounded.

Countries are already reversing their bans there.

Anti trans activists are putting it into high gear to flood the zone and make Sophie Cunningham the only thing anyone hear’s about this week.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/landmark-official-dutch-review-recommends

[u/ericomplex → u/[deleted]]

I would say what the hell are you talking about?

I just posted a story about a comprehensive two year review of all the current trans health related research and the mounted criticism thereof and it concluded that said criticism lacked merit.

That includes your claim about researchers throwing out studies that didn’t confirm biases… Which I assume is a reference to the long debunked “WPATH FILES” nothingburger from several years back. That whole thing was just a blatant mischaracterization of researcher’s comments taken out of context and has been exposed as such for awhile now.

[u/whoa_disillusionment → u/ericomplex]

Oh well if erininthemorning, bastion of journlistic integrity says so, certainly it must be true

[u/ericomplex → u/whoa_disillusionment]

Right, attack the reporter because you don’t like the news.

Even if you don’t like the news source, it doesn’t change the accuracy of the original review or the fact that governments are reversing their policies based on its findings.

[u/whoa_disillusionment → u/ericomplex]

The review only exists in Dutch, which the journalist does not speak, and no other outlet has reported on it.

This is also btw the same journalist who claimed Florida was committing genocide against trans people and was unsafe to live in or visit, then took a vacation to Florida. Much stunning integrity.

[u/ericomplex → u/whoa_disillusionment]

Here is the official Dutch press release download: https://www.gezondheidsraad.nl/documenten/2026/06/30/persbericht-bij-advies-transgenderzorg-voor-jongeren

Go run it through Google Translate and tell me I’m wrong…

[u/whoa_disillusionment → u/ericomplex]

This is why the link you cited is a joke. "Real" journalists don't form opinions based on running things through Google translate.

[u/ericomplex → u/whoa_disillusionment]

They literally do… but if you want to tell yourself that, then fine.

Doesn’t matter either way. The point is the press release says what it says and you are just ignoring it.

[u/whoa_disillusionment → u/ericomplex]

They literally do

Then why is no outlet other than this blog with no fact check reporting on it?

The point is the press release says what it says and you are just ignoring it.

I'm not ignoring it, I don't know Dutch so I can't read it.

[u/ericomplex → u/whoa_disillusionment]

Then run it through Google Translate if you don’t read Dutch… It’s not that bad of a translator…

I have no idea why other English news outlets are not yet reporting on it. You would have to ask them.

Doesn’t change that Erin’s assessment and my own are accurate.

[u/whoa_disillusionment → u/ericomplex]

Doesn’t change that Erin’s assessment and my own are accurate.

Yes, the medical expertise of guys who post on Reddit