The National Organization for Women faced backlash over an X post saying opposition to transgender athletes competing in women’s sports is 'White supremacist patriarchy.'
The National Organization for Women no longer supports women, several people declared after a controversial social media post. NOW responded to the news of former and current college athletes filing a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to compete in the women’s championship back in 2022.
This response faced swift backlash, particularly for women athletes advocate Riley Gaines, who helped file the lawsuit. 'I've never seen so many oppression buzzwords in one sentence. Apparently, advocating for fair sport makes me a white supremacist. I wonder if my attorney will agree. ,' the host of Outkick's Gaines for Girls podcast wrote. NOW's post later received a Community Note claiming that transgender athletes are barred from competing in sports.
previously supported transgender athletes competing with women after the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act in 2021 which would have banned discrimination based on gender identity. 'As courts and scientists overwhelmingly have stated, transgender girls and women are girls and women,' the group said in a statement at the time.
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