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Pod relevancy: trans and race issues in sports and the recent episode on the WNBA.

Former NBA basketball player Royce White is launching an attempt to get into the WNBA. This is on the heels of another man, Enes Kanter, starting the process of getting into the WNBA.

He said: "I'm transgender. I'm a woman. I identify as sometimes identifying as a woman for purpose of basketball, professional basketball, so I'll be declaring for the WNBA draft in 2027 as well..."

The league has not set criteria on what is a woman and has been very supportive of "trans rights" in sports. So White and Kanter are going to see if the league puts its money where its mouth is.

The response of the WNBA players union was pretty strong:

"Hate, abuse, and demonization of any person or group of people, including transgender people, only fuel fear, division, and harm," the statement read."

But made no attempt to define what a woman is for the purposes of playing in the WNBA. Perhaps they feel the need to consult some biologists?

The league is going to have a meeting in a few days to address the issue of men in the WNBA. I wonder if the words " biological" and/or " male" will appear in whatever document is created.

To add to the zany fun charges of racism have been thrown into the mix. A Chicago Sky player DiJonai Carrington was ejected from a game after she committed a flagrant foul against, you guessed it, Sophie Cunningham.

Carrington then posted "WHITE PRIVILEGE" on Threads afterwards. She claims it wasn't about the foul she made on Cunningham. Though she refused to say what she was actually talking about.

The hate train against Cunningham and Clarke continues to gain speed. The WNBA seems unable to give up its holier than thou DEI stances.

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An update to a previous post. Amy Acton is the Democrat running for governor in Ohio. A week or so ago she said that males should not be in women's sports.

Pod relevance: trans sports. A common topic on the pod

The leader of the Ohio Democrat's Pride Caucus, Arienne Childrey, threatened to vote for the libertarian candidate and to encourage other Democrats to do so as well. A meeting was scheduled between the Acton campaign and Childrey's posse.

The meeting was a Zoom call between Acton's staff and the LGBTQ group pissed off at Acton.

The meeting did not go well.

Childrey wasn't let into the meeting. The participants weren't happy about this and one "demanded three times" to be told why Childrey wasn't in the meeting.

"By the third time I lost my temper, ended up cussing them out and they ejected me from the meeting and refused to allow me back in,” said Keeton."

Yes, that will tend to happen if you verbally abuse the people running the meeting.

Another activist then called Childrey's phone and put it on speaker in order to force Childrey into the meeting.

And Acton is being threatened by the usual activist orgs:

"Since making the comments, Acton has seen more pushback from liberal constituents. Equality Ohio downgraded Acton’s score from an “A” to “pending,” according to the Buckeye Flame."

They're holding this over Acton's head to get her to capitulate:

"Should Dr. Acton choose to take meaningful steps forward, we will update the status accordingly,” the group added. "

Childrey is demanding Acton respond to him publicly.

"The statement concluded with Childrey extending “a direct invitation” to Acton, calling for “real explanations” and “a conversation that includes a public commitment to repair the damage she has caused.”

The mistake by Acton's campaign was to engage with these people in the first place. They aren't interested in discussions. They want Acton to bow down to their demands immediately. It's like the rule to never apologise because that just puts blood in the water.

Who knows if Acton will cave. Probably she just dodge if she is directly questioned.

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Pod relevance: youth gender medicine, males in women's sports, Democratic infighting. Perennial pod topics and interests of the hosts.

Progressive Democrats in Ohio are furious with Democratic candidate for governor Amy Acton. When the US Supreme Court handed down their ruling on trans youth sports Acton said she didn't want males in girls' and womens' sports.

"I do not support boys playing in girls sports. This is already settled law in Ohio, and as governor I will enforce and uphold the law,” Dr. Acton said. "

That pissed off the LGBT lobby and they are now threatening to deny her support unless she completely reverses herself.

"Arienne Childrey, a Democratic state legislative candidate and vice chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party’s Pride Caucus, said she and other progressives are scheduled to meet with Dr. Acton on July 28 regarding her comments on Ohio’s transgender sports ban. "

I'm sure this meeting will be a shakedown and exercise in blackmail. These folks said they would throw their support to the Libertarian candidate and against Acton.

And they clearly expect no discussion or debate on the issue:

"“First and foremost, I want to hear a correction to the actual terminology,” Ms. Childrey said. “There are no boys in girls’ sports. Even before this law was passed, there were no boys in girls’ sports because trans girls are girls."

They're also demanding that she pledge to support any legislation that seeks to put buys in girls sports. And, of course, this person wants her to hire someone trans as an " adviser. " Gotta get the shake down grift in there.

This Pride caucus wants Acton to do their bidding and pledge her fealty in public.

"Most importantly to me is that all the things I just said have to be public — not behind the scenes,” Ms. Childrey said. “You made a public statement that publicly hurt my community. Your apology needs to likewise be public. Otherwise, you can count me as a Don Kissick voter"

It will be interesting to see what Acton does. She'll probably cave, just like Moulton did. The TRAs will allow no moderation on these issues. So much for the big tent.

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