On International Transgender Day of Visibility the NWSL released its Policy on Transgender Athletes. The policy was billed by the league as inclusive, and the tweet announcing the policy even mentioned how the league wanted to 'celebrate' trans and non-binary 'friends and fans' – except the policy itself fails to mention non-binary athletes at all (even though one out non-binary player already plays in the NWSL).
Unfortunately, that was just the tip of a very large and unnecessarily terrible iceberg.
To discuss that and all of the other ways the policy fails – and endangers – trans and non-binary athletes, Courtney and André are joined by Sara, a non-binary football fanatic and longtime NWSL supporter, to break it all down and demand better from the NWSL.
Please listen to and share this episode.
Links:
NWSL's transgender player policy needs work - Steph Yang
USA Ultimate Gender Inclusion Policy - USA Ultimate
Take Action - Support Trans Athletes - TransAthlete.com
The Coordinated Attack on Trans Student Athletes - ACLU
Trans Women and Trans Girls Belong in Women's Sports - Burn It All Down
CeCé Telfer, Andraya Yearwood & how to support Black trans sportswomen - The Black Sportswoman
Follow Sara:
Twitter - @heysmb
Instagram - heysmb
