Navratilova, who is gay, tweeted “biology matters in sports,” after Rapinoe told Time how anti-trans sentiments like Navratilova's cause real harm.
whether she’d welcome a trans woman on the U.S. women’s soccer team, even if that person might replace a cis player, she: “Absolutely. You’re taking a ‘real’ woman’s place, that’s the part of the argument that’s still extremely transphobic. I see trans women as real women. What you’re saying automatically in the argument–you’re sort of telling on yourself already–is you don’t believe these people are women. Therefore, they’re ‘taking the other spot.’ I don’t feel that way.
Further, Rapinoe believes that, at the end of the day, the benefits of including trans kids in sports are more important than any alleged drawbacks or criticisms.of the U.S.’s obsession with anti-trans bans. “It’s particularly frustrating when women’s sports is weaponized…Oh, now we care about fairness? Now we care about women’s sports? That’s total bullshit. And show me all the trans people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans in sports. It’s just not happening.
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