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 a woman a “non-transgender woman.”
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova and other celebrities blasted the characterization online, arguing that the article should refer to biological women simply as women.
“New York Times, you stink. We are women, not transgender women. The future should only be women,” Navratilova wrote on the social media platform on Friday.
The Times published an article Thursday chronicling the inner turmoil within the women's college volleyball team. San Jose State University Spartans – Looking to feature transgender female players in upcoming tournament games.
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 accused a transgender player of violating his Title IX rights to gender equality at this week's Mountain West Conference Tournament,” the newspaper said. We have filed a lawsuit to prevent him from playing.” An agency that receives funding from the federal government. ”
NYT-You stink. We are women, not transgender women. In the future, only WOMEN will be enough. https://t.co/xJZNJvS6O1
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) November 29, 2024
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 no longer speak to each other in practice or outside of games,” and that even the head coach, who supports trans students, ” We stopped talking,” 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. That's at least four times the typical range for adult men.”
Elsewhere in the article, the reporter referred to biological female athletes as “athletes assigned female at birth.”
Frustrated social media users trolled these controversial depictions of women.
British Olympian and activist Sharon Davis posted: “Written in the New York Times…Woman is now a non-trans woman!” amazing! I will never understand how anyone can say this is not a men's rights movement while women lose rights, language, protections, sports, sex discrimination laws. ”
“Hey @nytimes, stop calling us 'non-trans women',” the anti-trans activist account WomenAreReal told X News. Please stop. Please stop using any terms that are offensive to us. ”
This account includes other politically correct terms used by trans activists to refer to biological women, including “birth mother,” “person with a womb,” “menstruator,” and “vaginal being.” were also listed. “We are women!” account added.
Journalist Tiffany Wong posted, “LMAO, the New York Times refers to normal, sane 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.
