#Athlete Ally

[justinssportscorner]

Cyd Zeigler at Outsports:

The NHL has reversed its decision to ban Pride Tape and other cause-oriented displays by the players on the ice, Outsports has learned, and has been reported by other media. The league front office reportedly had been in touch with its Player Inclusion Coalition, which apparently recommended a rescinding of the ban that squashed individual voices of players. Outsports originally broke the story of the ban two weeks ago after a conversation with Pride Tape’s Jeff McLean and confirmation from the league front office. “I’m very happy that the NHL has reversed its ban on Pride Tape,” said former pro hockey player Brock McGillis, a founder of the Alphabet Sports Collective. “I think it’s critical that we don’t silence freedom of speech and individual’s rights to exprress themselves. I was someone who was OK with players not wearing a jersey because that is their right. I don’t want faux allyship from players or teams. It’s no different with the Pride Tape. If they want to, let them. And if they don’t, let them.” The league ultimately had little choice to reverse the ban. The cacophony of voices beyond the coalition — players, former players, members of the media, fans, LGBTQ individuals and organizations like You Can Play, Alphabet Sports Collective, GLAAD and Athlete Ally — was not stopping, and it was not going to stop anytime soon.

[...] Speculation has swirled for much of the last two weeks about the NHL’s handling of the league’s first Pride Night of the season, this Friday with the Arizona Coyotes. Travis Dermott had already used the tape on the ice during a game for the Coyotes last Saturday.

Good move by the NHL to reverse the asinine ban on Pride Tape.

#Pride Tape #NHL #LGBTQ+ #LGBT Sports #Athlete Ally #GLAAD #You Can Play #Pride Night #Travis Dermott #Arizona Coyotes

[coochiequeens]

Another case for SheWon

By Reduxx Team January 19, 2024

A trans-identified male has taken home the trophy at a women’s professional golfing tournament in Florida. Hailey Davidson, 30, emerged victorious at the NXXT Women’s Classic at Mission Inn Resort and Club on January 17.

Despite outlining eligibility as being restricted to “female players,” NXXT allowed Davidson to compete. His victory is particularly significant as this year NXXT had partnered with the Epson Tour to award 10 exemptions to their top five players. The exemptions were intended to provide female golfers the ability to compete in the Epson Tour regardless of their specific qualifications, something NXXT boasted would facilitate “unparalleled professional growth opportunities for women golfers.”

Davidson is currently ranked in the top spot to receive two of the ten available exemptions.

Davidson, who is originally from Scotland, last competed as a male in 2015 before declaring a transgender identity. Since then, he has become a vocal advocate for trans-identified males in women’s sports.

Writing for Athlete Ally in 2021, Davidson described himself as the “world’s first transgender woman to win a professional golf tournament, which I have now done multiple times.” He explains that he first began to believe he was a “woman” at age 14, but suppressed his “true self” until he was an adult, at which point he began experiencing severe anger issues.

“I had tried playing golf professionally as male prior to coming out, but I was such a headcase it was not only affecting me but the other players around me,” he writes. “I was at a crossroads at this point since I thought I had to choose between playing golf for a living and hiding who I was forever, or finally be happy as my authentic self and potentially never play golf again … While I did not play nor touch a club at all for over 2 years due to all that came with coming out of the closet, I was finally able to get back into playing when I was lucky to land a job at GolfNow. This got me back into playing for fun, and for once I was playing without anger or this mental time bomb waiting to explode.”

In 2022, Davidson made headlines while attempting to earn a Ladies Professional Golfing Association (LPGA) Tour card. At the time, Judy Murray, an elite tennis coach and mother of Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, blasted Davidson for attempting to join the LPGA Tour.

“No. Not fair at all,” Judy Murray posted to X (formerly Twitter) in heated words that quickly went viral. “Protect women’s sport. Listen to the facts, the scientists and the medics. This is wrong.”

While he was ultimately unsuccessful, Davidson attributed criticism of him playing in women’s sports to transphobia.

“I’ve seen that it’s not about protecting women’s sports or me having an advantage, it’s just that you don’t like trans people,” Davidson said during an interview on the Like It Is podcast. “It’s very sad that that’s what it comes down to. In the last couple of months, that’s what I’ve come to learn.”

On X, Davidson boasted of his victory, writing: “I was finally able to get my 4th professional win after two playoff holes… Also moved me into 1st place in the season rankings for two Epson Tour exemptions!”

The Epson Tour is the qualifying tour for the LPGA, meaning Davidson will not only be taking a major professional opportunity away from a woman, but he may also manage to successfully acquire the LPGA Tour Card he has been fighting to receive. The LPGA Tour removed the “female at birth” requirement in 2010.

Reduxx reached out to NXXT for clarification on their policies, and received a response deferring to the transgender guidance of the Ladies Professional Golfing Association, US Golfing Association, and Epson Tour — all of which have uniform policies allowing males to participate in women’s categories if they meet a certain amount of requirements.

Davidson prior to declaring a transgender status.

“The LPGA has a comprehensive Gender Policy that allows transgender athletes, including those who have transitioned from male to female, to participate in its events. This policy requires transgender athletes to provide a declaration of their gender identity, proof of gender reassignment surgery, and evidence of at least one year of hormonal therapy maintaining testosterone levels at a specified range. It also includes provisions for confidentiality and the recognition of decisions regarding gender verification made by other golf tours or sports authorities,” NXXT Tour Director Bennett Noe wrote.

“This alignment across the NXXT, LPGA, Epson Tour, and USGA ensures a consistent approach towards transgender athletes, emphasizing fair competition and integrity in the sport.”

But speaking to Reduxx on Davidson’s success at the tournament, Marshi Smith of the International Council on Women’s Sports denounced Noe’s response.

“The NXXT tour is claiming just because their policy is uniformly and consistently unjust alongside the Epson Tour, LPGA and USGA that somehow that ensures ‘fairness and integrity in the sport.'” Smith said.

“It is precisely the opposite. The question they must answer is ‘do women deserve access to fair competition?’ If yes, they must adopt simple and clean rules that create a female protected category without exception.”

#usa #Florida #Hailey Davidson is a man #NXXT Women’s Classic #Mission Inn Resort and Club #Epson Tour #Athlete Ally #This dude just admitted that he went through male puberty #And that before transitioning he had anger issues that impacted other players #Ladies Professional Golfing Association (LPGA) #Like It Is podcast #Men have been able to play in the LGPA Tour since 2010

[miamarie1960]

From Twitter

Ali looks incredible! It’s hard to believe she is approaching 40 years! 😱

#ali krieger #athlete ally #actionaward

[aworldofpattern]

adidas x Kris Andrew Small for Pride Month 2022

Queer Australian artist Kris Andrew Small has designed a range of gender neutral clothing and footwear printed with artwork inspired by the Stonewall Activists of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.

Adidas is continuing its partnerships with Athlete Ally, which is focused on ending homophobia and transphobia in sport, and Stonewall UK.

#pride month #adidas #adidas originals #queer artist #fashion #print #sportswear #leisurewear #athleisure #collab #collaboration #fashion collaboration #stonewall uprising #stonewall uk #athlete ally #2022 #pride #lgbtq+ #gender neutral clothing #pattern #surface pattern #surface pattern design #pattern design #textiles #textile design #printed textiles #kris andrew small #artist's textiles #graffiti #pride 2022

[itsbansheebitch]

Ya know, if I was beat by a trans person at my sport, I'd just assume it was because they were better than me and not be a fucking sore loser lmao

#lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbtq+ #queer #queer community #trans rights #trans #transgender #trans ally #nonbinary #enby #genderfluid #non binary #genderqueer #gender fluid #politics #us politics #sports #trans athletes #trans women in sports

[beatrack92]

Allie Jones (Stanford)

2022 Mt. SAC Relays (Walnut, CA)

#allie jones #stanford cardinal #college athletes #female athletes #athletic girls #athletics #track and field

[lawendawchvj]

The Breakfast Club (1985).

"The Criminal", "The Princess", "The Brain", "The Athlete", "The Basket Case".

A classic coming-of-age film that delves into the complexities of teenage life and social dynamics.

The film portrays the narrative of five teenagers from diverse high school cliques who are subjected to a Saturday detention overseen by their vice-principal. Each character in the film embodies a specific high school stereotype, the movie challenges these stereotypes by revealing the complexities and vulnerabilities of each character beyond their superficial labels.

#movie poster #movies #the breakfast club #80s #1980s #stereotypes #molly ringwald #judd nelson #anthony michael hall #emilio estevez #ally sheedy #john bender #claire standish #brian johnson #andy clark #allison reynolds #the criminal #the princess #the brain #the athlete #the basket case

[thesamesunset]

39 years ago a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal found themselves in detention together. they sacrificed a whole saturday but became the breakfast club by the end of it

#the breakfast club #march 24 1984 #a brain #an athlete #a basket case #a princess #a criminal #80s movies #1980s #emilio estevez #molly ringwald #anthony michael hall #ally sheedy #judd nelson #john hughes

[uncanny-tranny]

Perisex cis people have nothing to lose and everything to gain by teaming up with intersex and trans people fighting for our rights.

Perisex cis people: laws which target trans and intersex people will of course impact trans and intersex people, but consider that you aren't immune to being affected by said laws and/or standards - no cis person is, and you don't have to look too deep to find cis perisex people already being affected by transphobic and intersexist bigotries. You have everything to gain by advocating for gender and sex minorities, because at some point, you will be affected by bigotry which is aimed at us right now.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #ally advice #psa: trans and intersex groups don't have the same needs but i include intersex people because intersex people have expressed... #...how deeply intersexism affects them and how this and the ways in which society treats them #i'm not saying 'intersex = trans' though i think there are some common grounds we can have with each other #and a LOT of transphobic laws will affect intersex people DEEPLY because they are also intersexist as hell (see: trans athlete regulations) #(though not all intersexist regulations will affect perisex trans people (see: intersex surgeries which are preformed on intersex babies)) #also i hope this doesn't come across as condescending. the tone i am intending to be interpreted is very genuine

[justinssportscorner]

Liza Monroy for Assigned Media:

Sasha Jane Lowerson, the only publicly known trans-woman competing in professional surfing, is the first trans-woman to win a female longboarding competition—which also means she has solely borne the brunt of online hatred from trolls who follow the surf world, as well as anti-trans industry figureheads like Bethany Hamilton.  Hamilton, the devout Christian champion surfer famed for losing her arm in a shark attack age 13, has been making anti-trans comments publicly since the World Surf League adopted  a policy requiring trans-female athletes to maintain a testosterone level of less than five nmol/L for at least 12 months in order to compete in the women’s division. Most recently, Hamilton and swimmer Riley Gaines embarked on a tour to promote their agenda. For a brief moment, a possibility of change flickered: international surf corporation Rip Curl, purveyor of wetsuits, apparel, and swimwear, released a documentary ad featuring Lowerson in the 2024 “Summer Looks Good on You” campaign, a long-running Rip Curl Womens series. 

Rip Curl also sponsored Hamilton, at the time. “I didn’t want anything to do with a company that supported someone like that,” Lowerson says of when they first approached her. In thinking about it further, though, she reconsidered. The fact that they had approached her could mean “they’re distancing themselves from those attitudes and that stigma, from misinformation and the spread of hate. So I said yes.”  Lowerson has spent over thirty-five years in the industry as a longboarder, including as a sponsored surfer. Longboarding uses a board typically longer than 9 feet where the sport is more about style, flow, and grace and allows for more of a platform for the dance than the fast, highly maneuverable shortboards typically seen in pro-surfing. She’s currently an Ambassador for Athlete Ally, an organization working for LGBTQI+ inclusion in sport, and to end transphobia and homophobia. 

In her video, the phenomenal longboarder discusses how surfing has influenced her life and the joy she finds in riding waves. “I believe it’s the only sport where we get to perform on a changing platform, a moving dance floor,” she says. The video, an artful mini-documentary focused on Lowerson’s love of her sport, appeared online on January 24th of this year.  On January 29th, Hamilton tweeted  “Male-bodied athletes should not be competing in female sports,” targeting Lowerson. Then, on January 31st, six days after Lowerson’s ad was posted, Rip Curl pulled the ad, appeasing the anti-trans side. They released this statement soon after their decision:

[...]

The head of the campaign, Lowerson says, “told me, ‘we’re removing the post for your safety, Sasha.’ And I turned around and said to him, ‘that’s bullshit, you’re doing this for brand protection.’ I’m not stupid; my safety’s not a consideration. I’m so disappointed for believing that a major corporation as big as Rip Curl would stick by this sort of campaign with someone of a diverse gender. It was stupid to think they cared. I feel so hurt from that.” Rip Curl made a decision not to support and stand behind the athlete. Lowerson points out other situations that have included trans-women in previously only cis- woman spaces - the modeling industry in particular, she says, “Victoria’s Secret - they were the first to put trans women on the catwalk. Their response to backlash was after having one trans woman on the catwalk, the next time there were three and the time after that, five. There’s trans women on more catwalks than ever in fashion shows these days.” The affair left Lowerson with unanswered questions. Why didn’t the surf industry respond more like the modeling industry? Why didn’t Rip Curl double down, start featuring more trans-surfers?  “I have not had a financial sponsor in so many years,” Lowerson says.

Brennan of Surf Equity is concerned that the trend towards “prohibiting trans athletes from competition has been growing.” She senses “frustration across all these different sports that at some points things were moving in a more positive direction, and now it's just really awful. There's a lot of anger, frustration, and heartbreak, and people coming together on the question of what to do. Activists and lawyers who work in that space are just running into so many roadblocks. I tried to understand the psychology of why we are in this situation. There's a fear of getting involved in the politics of it because that can result in death, frankly. Pretty severe consequences to activists being public. There are just so many considerations.”  In the aftermath of the ad’s removal, Lowerson traveled to California and connected with surfboard shaper Mando, owner of Mando Surf Co in the Monterey Bay area, who is nonbinary. They’re launching two key collaborations: releasing a Sasha Jane signature model surfboard under the Mando label, and working on the soon-to-be nonprofit, GNDR Surf. 

Trans female surfer Sasha Jane Lowerson was all set to do an ad for Rip Curl… only for it to be scuppered, thanks to anti-trans extremists such as Bethany Hamilton and Riley Gaines.

#Transgender Sports #Transgender #Rip Curl #Bethany Hamilton #Riley Gaines #Sasha Jane Lowerson #World Surf League #Surfboarding #LGBTQ+ #Athlete Ally #Mando Surf Co #Mando #Surf Equity

[mothocean]

my parents raised me to be the dyke they could never be

#rocky horror show fan and generally enthusiastic ally dad + ex horse girl turned athlete with the fashion sense of a young lesbian mom #= weird dyke daughter i guess #roseflower.txt #funny thing is my siblings turned out relatively normal compared to me #i somehow adopted Everything But Slightly To The Left from my parents

[allylikethecat]

wait omg i was reading the hashtags on your ask response and when i tell you i let out a cackle when i read “fuck kelce go 49ers” because same i’m rooting for the 49ers w my fam

My IRL friends will tell you, I have hated that man for a VERY long time (I get overly passionate about football lol) and I have NOT enjoyed having to see his gross face everywhere this season.

Literally, I don't give a shit who Taylor Swift dates BUT I hate Travis Kelce from a sports perspective and have for YEARS. (Also I love how everyone has just FORGOTTEN about that disgusting Catching Kelce show he did, like that shit was so dehumanizing) I think he's obnoxious and not nearly as good as they try and claim he is (the man is a fucking glorified oversized wide receiver maybe actually block someone and he can join the TE discussion)

I grew up during the height of the Patriots Dynasty and say what you want about them but KC will NEVER be able to touch the Brady / Gronk legacy. Like KC fans / Swifties can say what you want, but if you break down his stats compared to other top TEs he's not nearly as impressive as we're being told he is.

I also used to know a guy that now plays for the 49ers, so I have hoped on that bandwagon this season and have really enjoyed watching them play. So, I will be very enthusiastically rooting for them, hopefully they won't let us down!

Thank you for sending in this ask, I'm so happy to hear you and your family are also rooting for the correct team this upcoming Super Bowl!

❤️Ally

#ask ally #allylikethecat #anon ask #Ally gets fired up about sports #I was on the phone with my dad on sunday and i was fired up #he was laughing at me because he has spent years listening to me go on about my love of taylor and my hatred of kelce #but also idk we always watched football together when i was a kid #and it was nice #im not saying i know the most about it or whatever #but im also a numbers person in my real life and love stats #and i like to be educated on topics im pissed about #lol i have outed myself as first a horse girl #and now a sports girlie #(i used to work for the athletic department in college and my first job out of college was with the NHL) #So like this isn't me jumping on this because of taylor this year #i have a long history with college and pro sports #and the NFL #I have a free brady shirt #i have a goodell is a clown shirt #Chiefs is also a pretty racist mascot so there is that as well... #dont even get me started on mahomes....

[berryblu-soda]

Oc talk

Me: *Looking at Roy and Scarlet* I dont have a favorite twin, that's ridiculous!!

Me: *leans in closer to Roy* it's you-

#asashdfsfs #im sorry im a terrible oc mom 😭😭 #but listen!! roy is so sweet and smart in an unconventional sort of way #like;hes hella sharp and analytical; but also just a goofy kid #he has a million hobbies and useless trivia and he cant stick to one thing ever #hes my baby boy :') #and i dont know what to do with scarlet ToT!! #shes hard headed athletic; competitive and a little hyper #but also the one in her group going 'they asked for no pickles' #not the easiest to get along with if youre also irritable; but mild mannered characters work great with her :> #ally and scarlet friendship >>>>>>> #anyways im releasing this from the drafts lmao #enjoy the incoherence ^^!!! #shut up sheo #oc talk

[aleatoryw]

post made exclusively for me: do we think ventress and lae'zel would be friends? ....lovers?

#i feel like they would start out as allies who have sex with each other and grow into trusted friends... who still have sex with each other #but idk that they'd develop a romantic relationship #they're very similar and neither open up easily #but lae'zel would definitely find ventress hot as fuck - the athletic prowess. the questionable morals. the hotness.

[beatrack92]

Yolanda Ngarambe 🇸🇪, Allie Wilson 🇺🇸 and Sadi Henderson 🇺🇸

2022 Puerto Rico International Classic

#yolanda ngarambe #allie wilson #sadi henderson #team sweden #team usa #female athletes #running #hug #butt #athletics #track and field #usatf

[whoiwanttoday]

So apparently wrestlers liking horror movies is just a thing for me I guess. Let me explain how we got here and mention that I literally posted Alexa Bliss once cause she was on a horror channel talking about horror movies. Now, a couple years later, here is The Bunny, Allie, whatever you want to call her, on that same channel talking about horror movies. Not just any horror movies but the Puppet Master Series, which just huge nerd props for her. The real way we got here is multi paths converging together. Back when the pandemic started I tried watching some wrestling because I had time at home and some people were like, "You should do this". So I tried. I even found some of it engaging but it didn't stick, after a month I canceled my subscription and moved on. But in that time I didn't just watch WWE, I also tried AEW because some people said I might like that more. I might have if I was a big wrestling head but instead I found the story lines sort of impenetrable to come into and there wasn't enough Chris Jericho and when there was he sort of was old and that made me sad because that happens to us all but I didn't need the reminder. Anyway, among the people who stood out was The Bunny, who I assumed was named Allie the Bunny at the time for some reason and that's what stuck in my head. I don't know why, is it because my brain was like, "The Bunny? That's a silly name. Now Allie the Bunny... that's distinguished". Anyway, she stood out and sometimes she is on my dash and I am like, "Oh, she's pretty". Also, apparently I have a thing for sexy bunnies. Finally, Full Moon was like the premier B grade horror schlock producers of my childhood. They have become a studio that just makes bad movies but for this period they were absolute magic. Making direct to VHS movies that were low budget but high on creativity and ambition and they were sort of just magic to kids my age. Guys, they were awesome and the most awesome of them was the Puppet Master series. It had everything, a magical toy maker, nazis, puppets that came to life and murdered people. Because it was all practical effects the puppets had some real personality and there are a lot of horror fans who have this connection to them because they just... inhabit your imagination if you are of a certain age. They also sorta become the heroes of the series quickly, killing off characters you want to see die and you are cheering for them. Seriously, if you are curious look up Blade, Pinhead, Tunneler, and Six Shooter who were my favorites as a kid. Anyway, all three of these things have combined to get us here where I was genuinely excited to hear this wrestler talk not just about liking puppet master but being sort of obsessed with it as a kid. And a deep knowledge of all that old Full Moon stuff and just... I knew I was posting her. It's like my grandma always said, "If an attractive woman starts talking about how Toulon's Revenge is better than Puppet Master one and two you're going to have to post her". Truth. Today I want to fuck The Bunny.

#Allie #The Bunny #Laura Dennis #blonde #Athlete #whoiwanttofucktoday