Megan Rapinoe insists that she would welcome male-born transgender players in women’s soccer, but Riley Gaines is having none of it.
The issue of fairness versus inclusion in women’s sports has divided some of history’s top female athletes.
Rapinoe and Billie Jean King have come out in favor of allowing male-born athletes who identify as female in girls’ and women’s sports, pitting them against legends such as Martina Navratilova and Nancy Hogshead-Makar.“It’s particularly frustrating when women’s sports is weaponized,” she said. “Oh, now we care about fairness? Now we care about women’s sports? That’s total bull——. And show me all the trans people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans in sports.
That response stunned Fox News Channel host Piers Morgan, given the growing uproar over male-born athletes in sports including women’s swimming, track and field, golf, powerlifting, cycling, archery, volleyball, and disc golf.not aware of this? Is she walking around with a blindfold?” he asked. Replied Gaines: “She must be, because my story’s not unique. It’s happening in every sport, every division, every level, and every state, all across the world really in every country.”said. “I could list 100 examples, seriously, off the top of my head. And me being in the position that I’m in, using my platform for this, I get those messages all the time, whether it’s email or direct message from parents, athletes, coaches, who feel silenced.
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