Coach Dawn Staley has no time for transphobic sports bros crashing the women’s Final Four
Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.“If you consider yourself a woman, and you want to play sports, or vice versa, you should be able to play.
Do you want me to go deeper?,” she said, baiting the blogger. When asked again, Staley was even more direct.“Yes,” she replied bluntly.
But it was her last line that was the real winner.“So, now the barnstorm of people are going to flood my timeline and be a distraction to me in one of the biggest days of our game,” she said. “And I’m OK with that.”And I’m OK with that.In other words, “Try me.” Far right content creator: "Do you think that trans women should be able to play women's sports?"Dawn Staley, coach of SC's women's basketball team, doesn't hold back: "Yes… and people are going to flood my timeline… and I'm ok with that."Wow!pic.twitter.com/XxLDwDZUdBAnd boy, did they ever.
Staley was harassed on social media leading into Sunday’s game, with the online MAGA crowd predictably flooding her timeline.
