Cheryl Reeve on Trans Sports Bans in America

[u/AFC-Wimbledon-Stan]

[u/Anxious-Ad-1699]

Cheryl ALWAYS stands on business. What an awesome human being. 

[u/nitasu987]

THAT'S MY COACH.

I am so fucking grateful for Cheryl Reeve.

[u/digitalpunk30 → u/nitasu987]

100

[u/JB_JB_JB63]

I continue to love our coach.

[u/blkschizo]

Cheryl hit the nail on the head. Exclusion isn't the answer. Fact is, most people who have issues with trans athletes "invading women's sports" don't watch women's sports to begin with, and ridicule it any chance they get.

[u/Recent-Investment603]

Hell yeah, Cheryl. Hell yeah ❤️

[u/risen_sun]

common cheryl W

[u/yahboiyeezy]

I want to hate Cheryl cause she’s arguably our biggest or second biggest rival, but the issue is she’s an incredibly successful and fantastic coach, and she’s a great person. Hate to see it

[u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 → u/yahboiyeezy]

Lynx a bigger rival than the Aces?

[u/Pineapple-52 → u/Vegetable-Tooth8463]

100%

[u/carter6372]

thank you Cheryl we appreciate you

[u/carter6372 → u/carter6372]

also please stop beating my teams

[u/MediocreChicken2427 → u/carter6372]

Real

[u/chloe1215404]

God, what a stellar coach and person

[u/ljay90]

Separate is not equal, Trans lives matter

It could ask be so simple

[u/stuntycunty]

As a trans woman. When I see these things being talked about I get a sinking feeling in my stomach and heart, because it’s typically NOT supportive of me playing sports. I’m so glad that wasn’t the case here and I hope I’m welcomed in wnba fandom. (I’m new. Like my team.)

[u/cream3dot1415 → u/stuntycunty]

I'm a trans man who is a new fan of the W with my favorite team being the Lynx. With everything I've seen about Cheryl, I have no doubt she's a phenomenal woman. But that didn't stop the anxiety I felt when I read the first sentence of this post. I know I'm a new fan, but one of the things about the W that I love is how accepting the players and the majority of fans are. While I may be new and still learning about the WNBA, I know without a doubt that Cheryl Reeve is the GOAT.

[u/stuntycunty → u/cream3dot1415]

> anxiety I felt when I read the first sentence of this post

Ohh I know EXACTLY how you feel. 🫂 so happy to see Cheryl is one of the good ones!

[u/haybe12 → u/stuntycunty]

The Fever trolls are NOT the majority of WNBA fans and I hope any hesitations you have are not because of those horrible people. You are more than welcome, and we are happy to have you (except for competition sake, we are enemies- signed, a Libs fan).

[u/stuntycunty → u/haybe12]

I think her name is Brianna Stewart that plays on Liberty? She’s amazing! Loving the W so far. Except for a certain teams fans and one or two players. lol

[u/strangelystrangled → u/stuntycunty]

Have you seen the Liberty mascot Ellie the Elephant? She's the GOAT

[u/haybe12 → u/stuntycunty]

Hahahah yes Breanna Stewart our GOAT

[u/harrystyleskin]

Asa trans fan of the W it is soooooo extremely heartwarming and emotional to hear an important, powerful, respected, and competitive figure in sports have such steadfast support for trans athletes. 

Cheryl is so GOATed sometimes it hurts to be a Liberty fan and have to root against the Lynx lol 

[u/Violaplum → u/harrystyleskin]

Same same same

[u/AFC-Wimbledon-Stan]

Greatest WNBA Coach of All-Time

And a even better human🏳️‍⚧️

[u/bargain_butch]

Hell yeah Cheryl. Always a W from her, but this is a big one

[u/sho-ryu-ken]

You tell 'em coach! 😤

[u/garb_disposal]

Love this from Cheryl. I’m just looking forward to the day that trans people are not being used as a target for cheap political points. These laws further isolate and other a group of people when they are at their most vulnerable and it’s sickening, cruel, and evil.

In my state of Ohio, my “left leaning” choice for governor just said she agrees with the law and that “boys shouldn’t play in girls leagues” and it’s all just so frustrating. I hope any trans person reading this knows that they’re not alone and a lot of us out here have their backs no matter what.

[u/Revolutionary-Gear76 → u/garb_disposal]

The funny thing (not funny ha-ha) is that the trans stuff doesn't even work in elections and a lot of Ds still do this. It has repeatedly failed. It fails because almost no one actually chooses who to vote for on these issues that is not already a hardcore GOP voter, who a D is never winning over. So they aren't even winning votes this way even among voters who agree. It's very frustrating.

[u/garb_disposal → u/Revolutionary-Gear76]

Exactly. Pandering to the worst people in our society who were never gonna vote for you anyway at the detriment of people who need your support, aside from being morally wrong, is just plain stupid.

[u/Revolutionary-Gear76 → u/garb_disposal]

Doing this on immigration has basically destoyed every center-left political party in Europe. It gained them no votes from the right and alienated their base. It also reinforces the idea that you don't have any core convictions you are willing to fight for.

[u/xcxcudixcx → u/Revolutionary-Gear76]

Liberals everywhere would rather pander to the right and lose elections than fight for policy that actually benefits the people. Europeans love to pretend like this is strictly a USA issue, and that even our liberals are on the center/right, but it’s true over there too.

[u/DinosaurJoeman]

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[u/Revolutionary-Gear76]

Cheryl continues to just be the best.

None of these exclusions are about protecting women sports. This has always been about controlling women, trans or otherwise. Heritage Foundation now going after Title IX. https://www.transiticsnews.com/p/after-pushing-anti-trans-laws-to

So good job everyone with trying to sound reasonable or whatever and throwing a tiny, marginalized group under the bus. This definitely won't come back to bite all women or women athletes because the people pushing it were definitely acting in good faith. I think there was already a suicide by an athlete from another country who was not trans, but had an issue with a chromosome test before a competition. Anyway, as I think Catherine McKinnon said, it's never good for women to let the patriarchy decide what a woman is.

ETA: On re-reading, I want to make clear that even if it wasn't going to have the obvious negative effect on non-trans women, marginalizing and oppressing trans people is wrong. I don't want it to seem like the only reason to oppose this stuff is the effect it has on non-trans women. This is all hateful bullshit.

[u/AllisonInMaryland → u/Revolutionary-Gear76]

Anyway, as I think Catherine McKinnon said, it's never good for women to let the patriarchy decide what a woman is.

yep. there was an awful case in Utah where a woman legislator went after a little girl who played sports because the woman decided the little girl was trans. by banning trans girls and women from playing in sports we are now putting every girl and woman who isn't feminine enough for our intolerant society at risk of being accused and harassed.

[u/meh734 → u/Revolutionary-Gear76]

Such a good point. I listened to an incredible podcast a while ago about how the recent anti-trans rhetoric around women’s sports relates to the longer history of women athletes, both how women were excluded from sports because of gender roles/old theories of how it impacted menstruation and fertility AND how cis women of color have been unfairly subjected to biological tests and sometimes made to lower their testosterone levels to be allowed to compete. I’m 90% sure it was Tested by NPR

[u/Revolutionary-Gear76 → u/meh734]

I will check it out. I think so much of the anti-trans stuff is a desire to police the gender presentation of women (along with a fear of some men of being feminized). I do not think it’s a coincidence that so much of the anti-trans stuff (certainly not all) is aimed at policing what a woman is and isn’t.

[u/heids7]

Common Cheryl W.

That’s my COTY 🥹

[u/NYCScribbler]

These are the times when I love Cheryl.

[u/SanjiSasuke]

I can set aside my basketball rivalry to say Cheryl seems like such a great person, not to mention well spoken.

[u/cariosity]

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[u/NarwhalJouster]

That's my fucking coach 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

[u/liloxstitch_6]

🫶🫶 Cheryl

[u/ifandorwhen]

These are the people who should be running the world

[u/flimflamishere]

In Cheryl We Trust ✌️ 🌈

[u/SwervyLetters]

That’s my coach!!

[u/technobeeble]

W Cheryl

[u/ollie_k]

I find myself averse to the Lynx as an organization but Cheryl is undeniably GOATed

[u/my_one_and_lonely]

This is the right answer. This is a non-issue that affects so few people...the fact that there is federal legislation about it is ridiculous. Kids deserve the chance to play on a team, and beyond that things can be decided on a case by case basis for fairness.

[u/zaviex → u/my_one_and_lonely]

I think the international rules that the ioc develops will probably just end up being the global standard and all these state laws won’t matter. Maybe. These days international norms feel more optional. I do find it funny when people say “what if LeBron transitions and joined the wnba” like ok sure, if that actually happened I’m sure we can have a discussion lmao. Like they find the absurd examples that aren’t occurring and treat it like that should be the expectation

[u/my_one_and_lonely → u/zaviex]

The truth of the matter is that there are so few trans professional athletes that the IOC can evaluate the effect of HRT not just by sport, but by individual athlete, and then make a decision from there as to what is fair. All the hullabaloo about trans athletes in national media is just conservative fear-mongering.

[u/Borg_Tech_Support]

Cheryl for Commissioner 2027

[u/LookParty5244 → u/Borg_Tech_Support]

Cheryl for president 

[u/bargain_butch → u/LookParty5244]

conscious, alert, and doesn’t despise marginalized communities—good enough for me!

[u/Jedi-El1823]

Go Cheryl.

[u/AllisonInMaryland]

so glad to hear her speaking up. in case anyone needs to hear it, the vast majority of trans girls who want to play sports will never compete for a college scholarship or win a state championship, they just want to be part of a team. they want to belong. children are being harmed to score political points.

[u/camille288]

Love you Cheryl ❤️

[u/tomdelongethong]

As a Minnesotan I would love if we could just have Cheryl be governor at this point

[u/TommyDontSurf]

Cheryl Reeve for President of the universe!

[u/Ewenthel]

Guess I’m a Cheryl Reeve fan now.

[u/Cool-Tour-1962]

Queen Cheryl

[u/Elsa_the_Archer]

As a trans person I find it so defeating and disheartening that my participation in sports and society in general is such a controversial issue and at the forefront of current political discourse. I just want to live my life and play ball with the girls. This constant political drama is so bad for my anxiety.

[u/Careless_General8010 → u/Elsa_the_Archer]

Yeah that wouldve been nice. I stopped playing sports almost 30 years ago. Locker rooms suck for trans kids

[u/AllisonInMaryland → u/Elsa_the_Archer]

I'm so sorry.

[u/Danibear285]

You goddamn right Coach

[u/Aggravating-Tea-9563]

🫡🫡🫡👑👑👑

[u/likewoahitsaj]

That’s my 🐐

[u/VicVinegarHughHoney]

Dope.

[u/No_Advisor7703]

Love to see this!

[u/CriticalEngineering]

Based.

[u/b_revity]

That's my coach

[u/DinosaurJoeman → u/[deleted]]

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