Cheryl Reeve on the trans sports bans from her perspective of being a leader in women’s sports
“Of course it weighs on me, the attacks on trans people, the attacks that they’ve gone through… it seems like it’s got way more aggressive, it’s sort of sickening when the issues they are trying to tackle are really not issues, the number of transgender athletes they are now making laws for and creating a problem, to get elected…what I’m hopeful for is that people have gotten themselves more educated and they understand that, that’s not actually a problem… exclusion is never the answer, separate isn’t equal, and trans lives matter, so to take away something that’s so valuable that sports brings to young people in particular and what it does, as I have a youngster, encourages you to be part of a team and what it gives you in terms of teamwork, leadership, competitiveness, all the things, they have every right to that as well”
I want to be open about my struggle with depression. I’m in a much better place now, but I hope this helps anyone else who is going through the same thing. 🩵 @PlayersTribune
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There is an adage: Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
I know many people feel like we are entering a dark time. For the benefit of us all, I hope that is not the case. But, America, if it is: Let us fill the sky with the light of a billion brilliant stars.
Ohhhhh my god u guys are upset people are saying your favorite gymnast was overscored? should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party? should we invite 2016 quad Aliya Mustafina fans?
Rebeca Andrade came back from tearing her ACL *three* times. She grew up having to walk two hours each way to the gym from her favela in Brazil. AND SHE JUST WON HER SECOND OLYMPIC ALL AROUND MEDAL 🥈
This was always the end game of the anti-trans hysteria in sports -- that all female greatness in athletics will be diminished and challenged and asterisked. Everyone in the "Save Women's Sports" transphobia crowd is directly responsible for this.