I need people to understand that for the last half decade that there’s been an ecosystem of trans folks in sports media who have worked unpaid to serve as experts for context, sources and educators on what it’s like for trans athletes, in hopes of potential bylines and contacts. That’s dried up.

Sydney Bauer@sydney-bauer.com · 20h ago

I hate sounding like a conspiracy person but there’s a reason that this Sophie Cunningham thing is on like day 7 of discourse and how there’s absolutely very little trans staff writers driving the news coverage of it.

I am so so so tired

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 19h ago

What exactly is the ask from Cunningham and Smith here? More leagues to proactively implement rules banning trans people? More anti-trans laws (that will be described as "protecting girls sports" but also include provisions that restrict trans rights in other aspects of life)?

it’s wild how so many trans people I follow seem disgusted by the J! host’s behavior (same) and yet a lot of cis queers (anecdotally) are applauding his non-apology lol

I'll be discussing this fascinating and timely book with Julie on 8/24 - come through!

Julie Kliegman@juliekliegman.com · 2d ago

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If you use Audible, I’m told there’s a sale going on that includes preorders. FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS is out in two weeks and features (some) narration by self

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*nodding* ty for this, @laurentheisen.bsky.social

The Right Has Created Its Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector

A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN p...

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NYC: You know what would make me really happy? If we could pack my first FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS event — see you Monday, August 24. Tickets are $5!

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FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS (out this month!!!!!)

Finding Renée Richards by Julie Kliegman | Astoria Bookshop

"Not to be missed." —Stephanie Howes, Booklist (starred review)A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2026The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, ...

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Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d ago

Insane that democrats keep trying to cave on this issue rather than amplifying the fact that it’s being spearheaded by bigots and freaks

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I’m old enough to remember when the entire WNBA rallied around taking down a transphobe

Can WNBA Players Take Down a U.S. Senator?

Sen. Kelly Loeffler poured gas on her feud with WNBA players by filing a bill targeting trans woman and girl athletes. But running against the WNBA could backfire on the Atlanta Dream co-owner.

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And then bring it to Squawkin to get signed. It’s the Billy Ripken card of trans athlete sports biographies.

Julie Kliegman@juliekliegman.com · 4d ago

So, uh, a funny thing happened with the FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS jackets, and now the title is in grayscale. Let’s sell out this print run and then you’ll have a quirky first-edition keepsake after the correct jacket gets printed for future runs? Sound good? www.harpercollins.com/products/fin...

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Julie Kliegman@juliekliegman.com · 4d ago

So, uh, a funny thing happened with the FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS jackets, and now the title is in grayscale. Let’s sell out this print run and then you’ll have a quirky first-edition keepsake after the correct jacket gets printed for future runs? Sound good? www.harpercollins.com/products/fin...

So, uh, a funny thing happened with the FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS jackets, and now the title is in grayscale. Let’s sell out this print run and then you’ll have a quirky first-edition keepsake after the correct jacket gets printed for future runs? Sound good? www.harpercollins.com/products/fin...

I swear to god if this Cunningham bs keeps snowballing and some jabronis make it weird for me to use the bathroom at Liberty games …

We already have a shitty, exclusionary place in sports: it's called men's sports. They built it like that on purpose. Let them own it and figure that out for themselves. Women's sports were built in opposition to that structure, built for inclusion. The WNBA has represented the best of that.

lol

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d ago

Speaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn

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For my latest as @yourewrongabout.bsky.social’s sports correspondent, I did a bonus ep about FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS … and there’s a discount code for the book in the show notes 👀

Finding Renée Richards with Julie Kliegman | You're Wrong About

In 1976, a transgender tennis player named Renée Richards won a landmark New York Supreme Court case and a victory for trans rights in profe

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I swear to god if this Cunningham bs keeps snowballing and some jabronis make it weird for me to use the bathroom at Liberty games …

"All this trans stuff is annoying I wish we could just focus on basketball" yeah imagine how fucking annoying it is for trans people

it’s rad that @novicsara.bsky.social put all the endnotes for her book online! I always think it’s goofy having to include the ugly URLs in print books, but this way is so user-friendly

are there editors anymore? There should be editors

FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS (August 2026)

Finding Renée Richards

"Not to be missed." —Stephanie Howes, Booklist (starred review) A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2026 The candid, definitive biog...

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Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 6d ago

i don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice

oh brokenhearted hoover fixer sucker guy 😭

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