After Enes Kanter and Royce White assert that they are women, the WNBA denounces the “bad-faith” transgender debate.
After former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White declared they were women and promised to enter the WNBA Draft the next year, the WNBA is criticizing “bad-faith efforts” to promote a narrative about transgender women playing in the league.
Following the WNBA’s anti-hate task force meeting on trans athletes on Wednesday, a league spokesperson stated that general managers and presidents concluded that there “are no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA,” adding that “we strongly denounce the bad-faith efforts to use these topics to demean or marginalize others.”
It appears that Royce and Enes will not be participating in the draft after all.
The WNBA stated that they will “continue to engage all league stakeholders in the coming weeks and months” as well as “will approach these important conversations thoughtfully and in alignment with the values of our league.”
The league has been debating this contentious issue since Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham stated last month that she felt compelled to “protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”
As of right now, the WNBA does not have any transgender female players.
