Jennifer Say, founder of an activewear company that champions women's sports, responds to recent critical articles from liberal news outlets, saying the word “transphobic” means “nothing” to her. said.
As the debate over biological males participating in women's sports continues, San Francisco Chronicle columnist and cultural commentator Soleil Ho wrote an op-ed lamenting the rise of so-called “anti-trans activewear.” . The article, headlined “Is this the next MAGA hat? Transphobic apparel is the new hot topic,'' cited T-shirts that read “Save women's sports'' and “Common sense. XX≠XY.''
Say is a former USA Gymnastics champion and advocate for female athletes who founded XX-XY Athletics. criticized in the article For owning “a company whose sole purpose is to bring out anti-trans activewear and fund right-wing influencers.”
Sei initially responded to Ho's article with an X post joking, “This article ranks as the stupidest article I've read so far this year.” She spoke to Fox News Digital about her work with XX-XY Athletics, touting the company as “the only brand standing up for the protection of women's sports and spaces.”
Former elite gymnast Jennifer Sey talks about her choice to create an activewear brand that protects women's sports.
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“I wanted to start XX-XY Athletics to fight against all the sports brands that claim to champion female athletes and ignore the issue at hand: more and more men are entering women's sports. “Because I looked around,” Sei said. “I would argue that not only are we ignoring them, but we are often on the wrong side of the issue.”
She also said the longtime San Francisco resident has emerged as a leading critic of the region's policies since 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, gaining support from local liberal media. He also mentioned the circumstances that led to the controversy.
“The San Francisco Chronicle likes to troll me a little bit. They don't like that I'm critical of the city, its institutions, its governance,” she recalled. “That being said, I accept that, if XX-XY athletics is a “new topic,” it seems pretty on-trend to me. ”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Ho for comment.
she continued to speak recent articles directly criticizing her.
“The whole article…I can't find any words other than 'stupid' and 'full of lies,'” she said. “The author claims that a huge number of studies show that sex is a spectrum. That is completely false. There are no studies. She does not cite any studies. She does not link to any studies. There's no evidence that sex is a spectrum. I don't know how newspapers can't even fact-check sex, but I know it's an editorial, but the actual newspaper violates basic facts. I don't think it should be done.”
Jennifer Sey and brand ambassadors Paula Scanlan (left) and Riley Gaines (right)
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Still, she said she's willing to accept publicity to promote her business, “and the fact is, it's good for the truth.”
Say also took particular advantage of the writer's ideology.
“It's an ideological perspective, it's activism, it's not a biological reality,” Say said, deriding the idea that “'people are what they say they are.'”
“That's not true,” Sei replied. “There is such a thing as biological reality.”
She was amused by comparisons to Trump supporters' distinctive red “MAGA hats.”
“Well, MAGA hats are pretty popular,” she said. “I think people wear these shoes to express their values and their position on the political issues of the day. You know, I'm XX-XY I believe that athletics is just an assertion of a fundamental truth, a biological truth. And I think that's about to change.” It's a common sense uniform, and wearing the shirt makes you a “transphobe.” More and more people don't mind being called a “bigot” for wearing that shirt. Argument. “
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She has deep roots in her desire to invade women's spaces.
“I was the first former elite gymnast to speak out about abuse in the sport, mental, physical and sexual abuse in the sport,” she recalled. “So I care very much about protecting female athletes and I think this is an important issue within the same category. Female athletes have the right to train safely and they have the right to privacy and fairness. And I can't believe people call themselves female athletes.'' Feminists and women's rights advocates will not understand that the issue here is not based on biological reality. And I won't lie anymore. ”
