▲ 22 ▼ The W.N.B.A. Is More Than a Culture War (www.nytimes.com) submitted 1 month ago by TRAHR to c/sports 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments Racism and transphobia are distorting the conversation around the W.N.B.A. The contributing Opinion writer Roxane Gay argues that the league must continue its tradition of standing up for social issues. And, of course, keep the focus on basketball.
[+] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TRAHR [S] 6 points 1 month ago* Yes true, there have been multiple studies on this already. HRT often causes trans women to shrink and lose a few inches for starters. And secondly the average height of an WNBA player is already 6ft, that is above the average cis mans. Third, this tired argument does make you transphobic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TRAHR [S] 6 points 1 month ago* Yes true, there have been multiple studies on this already. HRT often causes trans women to shrink and lose a few inches for starters. And secondly the average height of an WNBA player is already 6ft, that is above the average cis mans. Third, this tired argument does make you transphobic. permalink fedilink source parent