WNBA slams bad-faith efforts to marginalize others amid trans athlete debate

WNBA general managers and presidents discussed transgender athletes on Wednesday as part of an anti-hate task force meeting, and the league said afterward that there were “no immediate eligibility matters affecting” the W.On top of that, the league slammed “bad-faith efforts” to “marginalize others.”“Today’s meeting covered a wide range of topics, including ongoing discussions on transgender athletes and the continued hate and vitriol directed at players online,” a spokesperson for the league said in a statement provided to The Post.

“We will continue to engage all league stakeholders in the coming weeks and months.We will approach these important conversations thoughtfully and in alignment with the values of our league.

“There are no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA and we strongly denounce the bad-faith efforts to use these topics to demean or marginalize others.”Debate has raged over trans athletes and their participation in the wake of Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s recent comments to ESPN at the end of July.“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans.

And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” Cunningham told the outlet.“I think that I am here to extend love.

But I also think with that love is truth, being honest.And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”Following the interview with the Worldwide Leader, Cunningham told reporters before a Fever game that she believes her beliefs are “common sense.”This month, former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom asked the WNBA to accept his “decision to enter the player pool for the 2027 WNBA Draft,” while former NBAer Royce White also planned to declare his for the W’s draft.On Tuesday, Kanter Freedom doubled down on his stance and posted a workout video with a caption: “Let ‘The Transition’ to the @WNBA begin,” Freedom wrote in a caption on the footage....