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Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson famously stated she could not answer the question "What is a woman?" during her 2022 Supreme Court confirmation hearing because she was "not a biologist".
Political figures internationally, including former New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, have similarly struggled to provide a direct definition when pressed in interviews or legislative settings.
Hipkins: Former Prime Minister of New Zealand stated the definition of a woman was "not front of mind," and that biological and societal definitions can be complex
Tim Walz: Minnesota Governor hesitated and questioned the intent of the query when asked by Representative Nancy Mace during a congressional oversight hearing, "What is a woman?"
A couple of years ago, the debate went viral, and subsequently, people all over the world have been asking the question, "What is a woman?"
The question has now been put to the National Women's Basketball Association in a way they will not be able to sidestep.
Be informed, not misled.
Last month, Fox News reported, "Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig appeared stumped by a basic question on sex and gender from Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C."
During a House hearing on alleged "extreme political activism" on display at the Smithsonian, Mace asked Hartig, "Do you believe that men can become women?"
Hartig hesitated before answering, "Ma'am, as the director of the museum, that's not relevant in this case."
"It's very relevant," Mace shot back. Motioning to images of Smithsonian displays featuring drag queens, Mace continued, "You've got men dressed up as women, and you have them on display in front of kids. Do you think men can become women? Yes or no?"
It has now become "relevant."
OutKick/Fox News reported on Friday in an exclusive report: "Former NBA player Royce White told OutKick/Fox News Digital that he apparently plans to declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft, as he now claims to be transgender."
There are now two former NBA players to announce such a decision, after Enes Kanter Freedom made his announcement earlier on Friday.
White said only the league could end his challenge by stating its position plainly on the subject of males playing in women's sports.
"I think the WNBA could come out and make a definitive statement about guys with a pair of balls playing in the Women’s Association," he said.
Asked whether he would proceed unless the league did make such a statement, White replied, "Oh, no, I’m declaring. And I don’t want to be discriminated against. I want fair treatment. I’m a young Black, hopefully United States Senator that would like a fair chance to participate as a sometimes-identifying-as-a-transgender-woman athlete."
White also suggested that he would pursue legal action if he goes undrafted and is not signed to a team.
"I'm transgender. I'm a woman. I identify as sometimes identifying as a woman for the purpose of basketball, professional basketball, so I'll be declaring for the WNBA draft in 2027 as well," White said.
"I have to file a discrimination lawsuit, right? I mean, that's, that's ridiculous," he said. "We're gonna have to have a huge legal battle about discrimination if I can't play."
White, 35, is also on the ballot in Minnesota’s Aug. 11 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate. He was the Republican nominee against Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar in 2024, losing the general election.
Via Fox News:
Freedom, who set the internet ablaze with his announcement earlier on Friday, said in a social media post that he and his team had reviewed the WNBA’s eligibility criteria and its approach to self-identification and inclusion. He argued that if declaring an identity were sufficient, he met the requirements to compete.
The WNBA’s actual governing language is more limited. Article XIII of the league’s 2026 collective bargaining agreement states that "only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA." The 409-page agreement does not further define "women" or set out a public policy governing transgender or intersex eligibility. It also does not say self-identification alone establishes eligibility.
The Women’s National Basketball Players Association addressed the broader controversy Friday without defining who is eligible to play.
The Women’s National Basketball Players Association addressed the broader controversy Friday without defining who is eligible to play.
"We embrace justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion," the union said. In the same statement, it added, "Hate, abuse, and demonization of any person or group of people, including transgender people, only fuel fear, division, and harm. We will continue to have hard conversations. But we will not be used as political pawns."
White says, "If he had his choice of WNBA teams, he would stay home and play for the Minnesota Lynx and head coach Cheryl Reeve. Reeve recently wore a 'trans kids belong' T-shirt in a game against the Indiana Fever, and Sophie Cunningham, who became the league's only player to recently speak out in support of protecting women's sports from biological males."
"It’s got to be the Minnesota Lynx, and I hear the coach loves a good transgender, so we’ll all be in perfect harmony," White said.
"How you gonna pass up on a 6-foot-8, 270-pound point forward?" he said. "That’s ridiculous."
He predicted current WNBA players would "have nightmares" about guarding him.
Then he said this:
"I have great respect for the skill of women’s basketball. Even at the girls’ level in high school, you see that the girls have to play a much more skilled game because they don’t have some of the physical, God-given abilities or natural physical abilities as the men."
"There’s a significant difference between biological men and women, and I think we’ve blurred that line, like we’ve blurred many other lines unnecessarily," he continued. "And I plan to exploit that for my economic and athletic benefit."
White also floated the possibility of teaming up with Freedom.
"Maybe Enes," White said when asked whether any WNBA player could match up with him. "Maybe me and Enes should play on the same team. That’d be great... Maybe this is how it was supposed to all play out. Me and Enes Kanter running off about five, six WNBA championships."
Or maybe it's supposed to play out by forcing the WNBA, which has flaunted its "diversity," "equity," and "inclusion" as having no limits.
Takeaway
Megan Rapinoe (former professional soccer player) is back, taking shots at women's sports advocates and once again insisting the differences between male and female athletes shouldn't matter in women's sports.
Speaking on her "Why Are You Like This?" podcast — a question sports fans have been asking about her for years — the former USWNT star went after Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham and OutKick's own Riley Gaines after the two posed for a photo following the Fever's game against the Minnesota Lynx.
Rapinoe supports allowing biological males to compete in women's sports, yet frames women who object, and even athletes who simply stand beside them, as the villains.
For years, the WNBA struggled along with small crowds and even smaller paychecks because the best women athletes didn't play in the league.
That has now changed. Just as their success spikes, with many venues filled or nearly so for women's basketball, they are making more money than ever from ticket sales, merchandise, media contracts, etc.
Why are they now trying to self-destruct?
The answer is that they are ever learning and never coming to an understanding of the Truth.
MEGAN RAPINOE SAYS EFFORTS TO BAR TRANS ATHLETES FROM WOMEN'S SPORTS ARE 'ATTACK ON WOMEN IN SOCIETY'
Not hardly.
It's an attack on God who created us. It is rebellion toward our Creator.
Jonathan Parnell writes, “What makes men men, or women women, is intrinsically connected to the majesty of God in our design. We each exist as we do in order to display His glory.” God created the woman to complement and complete the man and thereby become a God-glorifying representation of His nature and character. When a woman fulfills her God-given role, she honors the Lord in the church and shows forth God’s glory to the world."
Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Vigilant. Be Biblical. Be Prayerful.
