Brittney Griner slams push to ban trans women from competing against biological women in sport

Brittney Griner‘s wasted no time in getting political again, four months after her she was detained in Russia, as the WNBA star revealed that she thinks it’s a ‘crime‘ to ban trans women from competing against their biological counterparts in sport.

Appearing at her first press conference as a Phoenix Mercury player since returning to the U.S. in December, the 32-year-old center further said that she ‘definitely will be speaking up against that legislation and those law expected to be passed,’ referring to Republicans wanting to amend Title IX as a guarantee to protect women’s sports.

‘Everyone deserve the right to play,’ Griner added, calling any other view points as a ‘threat’ to trans people as they prevent them from truly ‘being who they are.’

The basketball player’s first news conference drew more than 100 people, including Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, members of the Mercury organization and her wife of four years, Cherelle.

On Monday, transgender athlete Lia Thomas came out defending her triumphs in women’s sports, hitting out at those who only want biological women to compete against each other, banning trans women from competitions in the process. She labelled those voices as ‘fake feminists’ who want to ‘police women’s bodies.’

Brittney Griner spoke on many issues, including on trans people, in her first presser of 2023

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