we have to find a way to let any and all trans basketball players in the US and around the world who are going to get caught up in this -- don't talk to outkick, they are not sports journalists #WNBA
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bad at twitter; womxn's sports fan; always support trans athletes; mutual aid and direct action; chaser of plastic discs but always injured; pronouns: they/them
they had a whole segment ready to go about all of brink's injury history that's brutal #WNBA
lindsay highlights the USA network role in all this , having a vocal transphobe as their special guest this season. it's really gross. #WNBA
KP@kpkeipea.bsky.social · yesterday@burnitalldownpod.com was lit this week thread @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social burning the anti trans takeover of the #WNBA , and the lack of vocal ally support from the league, the PA, players with platform, and most coaches. Linz really nails it, like usual youtu.be/vooidgxp3c4?...
please tell me that guy who wears the teal face paint did not get a paid gig to feature in this #NWSL
Jeff Kassouf@jeffkassouf.bsky.social · 17h agoThe new season of the hit show "Ted Lasso" is about a women's team, and the first episode features scenes from CPKC Park with the Kansas City Current. Given the wide appeal of the show, it's one of the best opportunities the #NWSL has had to reach a new audience. More about the filming on ESPN 👇
This is rough but I think it talks about a lot of what is missing from the Cunningham/WNBA discourse. Namely, that trans people are not hypothetical thought experiments. They are real people who are being genocided by our government & any coverage that doesn't center that reality misses the mark.
the answer is always to disavow it
Would you let the Proud Boys march in and sit courtside?
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@womensgamemib.bsky.social this thread from the other app has some important information for Sam Mewis and her time in the UK 👀😂 #NWSL
@burnitalldownpod.com was lit this week thread @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social burning the anti trans takeover of the #WNBA , and the lack of vocal ally support from the league, the PA, players with platform, and most coaches. Linz really nails it, like usual youtu.be/vooidgxp3c4?...
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usa network mentions the upcoming halftime programming I start to involuntarily cringe and ready to turn it off but turns out it's a history of the lady Vols, which sounds nice and wholesome and better than when they have that hater front and center #WNBA
Many of the same culprits of the NWSL's transphobia flare-up in November are gleefully stoking the WNBA's current crisis. There's a lot to learn from Sarah Gorden & Angelina Anderson's responses then, and Brianna Turner & Cheryl Reeve's responses now. Both leagues need to follow suit.
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In July, the Guardian reported that the NWSL had quietly allowed its policy on the participation of transgender players, established in 2021, to expire. The scrapped policy used the testosterone level...
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I just want to contrast this with what sarama said, when I think he was trying to be an ally/supportive. he basically said "we want everyone to continue to feel safe & included here" that's neat. but what nakase said is "trans women deserve to play" that is so much more direct and powerful #WNBA
Along Came Poly-4-The-W@alongcamepoly4thew.bsky.social · 3d agoFull quote on Natalie Nakase’s answer to being asked about what she thinks about regarding the ongoing Sophie Cunningham/trans-athletes debate that's swept across the WNBA - kenzo fukuda on x "Im all about women, little girls deserving to play & that includes trans women...im all about inclusivity"
![Q: Natalie, I know you don't have the [Indiana] Fever again in the regular season, but coming out of the break, one of the big news stories has been Sophie Cunningham and the protests for her and protests against her, they had a national televised game today, and Cheryl Reave talks to her.
It's just a conversation. I'm wondering, just what do you think about it? Do you think that's good for the league? Does it detract from the basketball? Is it just noise? I'm just wondering what your opinion is.
A: Thank you for that question. I think just in terms of how I'm seeing it is- I could answer with, like for me, sports is about belonging. It's about inclusivity. It's about allowing everyone to be their authentic self.
You know, I'm big on that just because I have been criticized for my height, for my ethnicity. I've been in those: "You shouldn't belong here" [conversations] many times, and for me, I don't want that space, especially Golden State, to ever feel like that. So I'm all about women, little girls deserving to play, and that includes trans women. So I'm all about inclusivity.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gxx7xoc6nkciavo2cb4lead6/bafkreicvgan5sfszvez5af24pbxqfzu6p7eh3lxjevg2pyq3lkypjrwtyy)
Full quote on Natalie Nakase’s answer to being asked about what she thinks about regarding the ongoing Sophie Cunningham/trans-athletes debate that's swept across the WNBA - kenzo fukuda on x "Im all about women, little girls deserving to play & that includes trans women...im all about inclusivity"
@xowngoals.com I was listening to your Boston data podcasts this morning and had a little chuckle when they said they didn't recruit for physicality. the card count so far this season begs to differ lol #NWSL
the only ethical use of AI and the panopticon surveillance state is to identify these losers just to block them on socials #WNBA
taylr@taylordahlin.com · 4d agoriley gaines is at the minnesota lynx vs indiana fever game posing with people courtside as they line up for photos
a few anti trans activists are protesting outside of target center ahead of the minnesota lynx game against sophie cunningham’s indiana fever… they are being drowned out
miles still barely does a "normal" layup but she's had to adjust quite a few this game and use the off hand but only to turn it into a circus shot and/or a reverse I think she's made all of them too lol she's so silly #WNBA
ok I cant stop laughing she's doing the pointing meme at herself "EYE know EYE am morally wrong" #WNBA
choose your fighter, #WNBA culture wars edition (I don't have the skills to edit a clown face onto her, but that would be how I picture this)
ok but I'm not seeing enough commotion for the 3 that Miles hit right in her face a little before the "inadvertent elbow" #WNBA
Boogie@boogiefan87.bsky.social · 4d agoGive Nia an award. She used bball to do what we’ve all wished would happen. A hero. #wnba
btw I've seen some other light hearted fun puns online, if they need more inspiration: missed 3 from cuntingham or the crowd noticing whenever klanningham touches the ball #WNBA
KP@kpkeipea.bsky.social · 4d agothe defense is miles away this game is living up to its billing Rebecca and Ryan punning today #WNBA
Yes and she made that tweet about "I dont do that gay stuff" or whatever years ago Kelsey dislikes my family just as much a Sophie does and I wish I would have realized that before a month ago #wnba
Basil May@basilmai.bsky.social · 4d agoRegular reminder that Kelsey Mitchell currently attends Liberty University. She is one of them. #wnba
the defense is miles away this game is living up to its billing Rebecca and Ryan punning today #WNBA