Former women's sports figures, members of the media, and even conservative members of Congress have directly refuted recent criticisms of the sports world. New York Times article For calling women “non-transgender women.”
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova and other celebrities blasted the characterization online, arguing that the article should refer to biological women simply as women.
“NYT, you stink. We are women, not trans women. The future will only be women,” Navratilova wrote on her social media platform on Friday.
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In an article detailing the San Jose State University Spartans' transgender athlete scandal, the New York Times referred to biological female athletes on the team as “non-transgender women.” (AP Photo/David Zarbowski)
The Times published an article Thursday documenting internal turmoil over the San Jose State University Spartans women's college volleyball team's plans to feature a transgender female player in an upcoming tournament.
Efforts to include transgender players have caused division within the league and among team members, with some even suing their own teams.
“Earlier this month, the Spartans' senior co-captain and assistant coach filed a lawsuit to prevent a transgender player from competing in this week's Mountain West Conference Tournament, alleging that it violates Title IX rights to gender equality,” the newspaper said. “I woke up,'' the report said. An agency that receives federal funding. ”
The co-captains were joined by 10 female volleyball players, most of whom are on other teams that will play against the Spartans. The Times described the situation as a “complex mess,” noting that “some Spartans have stopped talking to each other in practice and outside of games,” and that even head coaches who support trans students “have stopped talking to each other.” I no longer do it,” he added. Even some of the players off the court. ”
Times reporter Juliet McCool also appears to have weighed in on this discussion, and further down in the article she uses the term “non-transgender woman” as a way to distinguish between biological women.
Regarding some of the science driving the debate about whether trans women can participate in women's sports, McCool wrote: “The NCAA states on its website that trans volleyball players are eligible to play if their testosterone levels are less than 10 nanomoles per liter, which many experts say is at the top of the range for non-trans women. , which is at least four times what is said to be the typical range for an adult male.
Elsewhere in the article, the reporter referred to biological female athletes as “athletes assigned female at birth.”
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Tennis legend and women's rights activist Martina Navratilova has slammed the New York Times for its controversial depiction of biological women. (Angel Martinez/Getty Images, Laureus)
Frustrated social media users trolled these controversial depictions of women.
British Olympian and activist Sharon Davis said, “Written in the New York Times…Women are now non-transgender women! That's amazing! How can anyone say this isn't a men's rights movement, I'll never understand.'' I don't understand. Their language, safety equipment, sports, sex discrimination laws while women lose their rights… I'll never understand.”
“Hey @nytimes, stop calling us 'non-trans women',” the anti-trans activist account WomenAreReal told X News. Please stop, stop all the offensive words against us. ”
The account includes politically correct terms that trans activists have used to refer to biological women, including “birth mother,” “womb bearer,” “menstruator,” and “vaginal being.” were also listed. “We are women!” account added.
Journalist Tiffany Wong posted, “LMAO, the New York Times refers to normal, sensible women as 'non-transgender women.'”
Conservative journalist Andy Go said, “In woke ideology, there are only transgender women and non-trans women.”
Even Rep. Nancy Mace, R.S.C., slammed the New York Times, saying, “The New York Times defines women as 'non-transgender women.'” Oh my god. #HoldTheLine. ”
Fox News Digital reached out to The New York Times for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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