The debate surrounding the inclusion of transsexual athletes in women’s sports does not cease. The swimmer of the NCAA Riley Gaines, who has continuously spoken out against the participation of trans athletes, has criticized two of the main women’s soccer stars for their “misleading” stance on the issue.
on various occasionsMegan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan have defended the inclusion of transsexuals in women’s sports. Rapinoe, known for her activism in various fields of sport and society, was one of the key figures who promoted and signed a letter addressed to US legislators in April 2023 seeking to oppose the “Law for the protection of girls and women in sport”.
This decree, as its name indicates, “classifies as a violation of federal legislation the fact that a recipient of federal funds that manages, sponsors or facilitates sports programs or activities allows a male person to participate in a sports program or activity intended for to women or girls”.
rapinoe she also made headlines in June 2022 after rejecting the idea that ‘trans’ women are dominating women’s sport and thus unfairly upsetting the competitive balance. “Show me proof that trans women are taking scholarships from everyone, they are dominating all sports, they are winning all titles. I’m sorry, but it’s not like that. So we have to start from inclusion, period. And as things come up, I’m confident that we can figure it out. But we cannot start otherwise. That’s cruel. And frankly, it’s disgusting,” he said in an interview with Time magazine.
In a similar vein, Morganteammate of the USWNT, I defended that transgender children should be allowed to participate with the gender with which they identify during the SheBelieves Cup held in February of this year. The forward explained that she was determined to “stand up for what is fair.”
Gaines, a great defender of women’s rights, fervently disagrees with his opinions, and spoke out strongly against him just weeks before starting the World Cup campaign in Australia and New Zealand.
“It is false and a sign of virtue. They want to be considered nice. They want to be seen as inclusive, but they know in their hearts, each person knows that they would not have had the opportunities and the success that they had without women’s sports and the category,” he explained in an interview on Thursday with the American Fox network.
They want to be seen as inclusive, but they know in their hearts, each person knows that they would not have had the opportunities and success that they did without women’s sport and the category.
“Now they have achieved what they have achieved. They have achieved what they wanted to achieve, so they don’t care.”I continued. “They’d rather give up the girls, give up our chances to be seen as kind and inclusive when in reality this isn’t inclusive, it’s exclusive,” she concluded.
