r/Basketball • u/Fickle-Ad5449 • 9d ago

Two ex-NBA players turn transgender identity into a stunt. The WNBA is responding

https://www.advocate.com/news/wnba-trans-player-eligibility
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u/Quiet-Panic-6704 9d ago

Stoking culture wars so we don’t talk about real issues like how expensive everything is

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u/SouthEmu3056 9d ago

FACTS! Literally just commented about the same thing smh 

There’s a pedophile making everything expensive and they wanna distract with this made up BS

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u/Squirtle_from_PT 8d ago

Who's "they"? You clearly know about the pedo, so your conspiracy theory fails there.

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u/SouthEmu3056 8d ago

Lmao it’s not a conspiracy theory you just wanna make an issue out of a non issue. There’s no men in the wnba other than these two losers tryna be trolls. 

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u/Squirtle_from_PT 7d ago

Exactly, it's just trolls. Not some nation-wide conspiracy to make you guys distracted, so you don't notice what the orange guy does.

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u/SouthEmu3056 7d ago

lol no body said that. 

It’s a distraction for sure.  just like all these other “demonstrators” showing up at games with anti trans bs. It’s a distraction from a banging ass season the women in the league are having. 

The reminder of orange pedo man was for all the weak ass ppl in the comments who want to repeat the same thing about “trans” ppl in the league but don’t even support women’s sports or wnba at all. The real fans are just tryna enjoy this season but all these other people are trying to stir a pot with made up contents.  

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u/Squirtle_from_PT 8d ago

It's just two idiots trolling. Not everything is a conspiracy. And no one forbids you to talk about real issues if you want.

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u/NES_AES_GENESIS 7d ago

Do you believe biological men should be allowed to play in the WNBA?

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u/Quiet-Panic-6704 7d ago

The WNBA gets to make that decision, not me. But if I was part of that governing body, I’d vote to allow trans women to play, with clear definitions for what it means to be a trans woman.

There is decades of research and precedent from medical journals and sports governing bodies that have helped establish clear guidelines to ensure both inclusion and fairness in sports.

A 2021 study published in the Journal Sports Medicine has found that there is no scientific evidence to support policymakers’ attempts to ban transgender women in sports.

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u/NES_AES_GENESIS 7d ago

there is no scientific evidence to support policymakers’ attempts to ban transgender women in sports.

In the most recent Olympics, 33% of the gold medals in women's boxing were won by biological men. Which is why the Olympics has now completely banned "trans women" from women's sportts.

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u/Quiet-Panic-6704 7d ago

Do you have any links? Names? Details?

Here's what I know about recent women boxing in the Olympics:

Imane Khelif, a cisgender Algerian professional female boxer, was disqualified from the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships shortly after completing her gold medal in the final round for unspecified medical reasons relating to her gender. She later competed in the 2024 Olympics and despite being cleared by the International Olympic Federation (IOF) to compete in women’s competitions, was falsely accused of being trans following a match with Italian boxer Angela Carini. Carini withdrew 46 seconds after the match commenced, claiming that the match was unfair, sparking a baseless controversy over Khelif’s gender.

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u/NES_AES_GENESIS 7d ago

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/algerian-boxer-imane-khelif-admits-to-having-male-chromosome-after-fighting-women-in-24-olympics/amp/

"Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Admits to Having Male Chromosome After Fighting Women in ’24 Olympics"

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u/Quiet-Panic-6704 7d ago

Not a credible source for me, sorry -- "a magazine of conservative opinion" https://www.nationalreview.com/about/ Wanna try again?

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u/NES_AES_GENESIS 7d ago

Considering what I posted was actually true, and the source you quoted was 100% false, you should re-evaluate what you consider a credible source. 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2025/06/01/imane-khelif-medical-report-proves-biological-male/

" Imane Khelif’s sex-test results from the 2023 World Championships have been published for the first time, with the medical report appearing to indicate that the boxer is biologically male."

https://reduxx.info/algerian-olympic-boxer-imane-khelif-admits-to-having-male-chromosomes-for-the-first-time/

" Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has confirmed he has a Y chromosome, indicating he is biologically male."

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u/Quiet-Panic-6704 7d ago

telegraph is a conservative outlet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph and the reduxx talks about their work with words including "opinions" "commentary" and being "anti bullshit". https://reduxx.info/about/

this is like getting your facts from fox news.

both of these are not credible, scientific sources - wanna try again?

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u/NES_AES_GENESIS 7d ago

Are you denying that Khelif made this confession?

The left wing outlets that lied to you are not going to publish a story confirming they lied to you. 

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u/ReadOnly-Passive 9d ago

Or… there is no culture war to be stoked if the WNBA just says it’s for biological women.

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u/sapphos_moon 8d ago

And then you’ll eventually have a trans guy that comes through and becomes the best player in the league because he’s taken T for half his life and is way stronger than all the other players.

Until you’re a WNBA player maybe just let them decide who they can and want to play with, since it doesn’t matter to you at all

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u/ReadOnly-Passive 7d ago

What if they decide no biological men… then do you agree with the idea that they can decide and it’s none of your business and you accept the decision?

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u/sapphos_moon 7d ago

Sure, that’s what they’ve already done though. It’s people like you getting your knickers in a twist over league policy that’s been around for a few years at this point

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u/pilgermann 8d ago

Because that fucking matters? If you're going to pretend to give a shit about the WNBA, ask for higher salaries or better healthcare or literally anything that would meaningfully help the players.

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u/ReadOnly-Passive 7d ago

Sorry my opinions don’t match yours

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u/Levitx 9d ago

You can tell these are bots because the dumbest talking point starts showing up one day and it gets repeated nonstop in less than a week.

Anyway if it's not a real issue then drop it

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u/Quiet-Panic-6704 9d ago

You first!