{"id":1400901,"date":"2022-03-25T16:59:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400901"},"modified":"2022-03-25T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T21:00:03","slug":"cancel-mob-attacks-disney-actress-natasha-ward-who-said-stop-pretending-trans-women-are-not-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cancel-mob-attacks-disney-actress-natasha-ward-who-said-stop-pretending-trans-women-are-not-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancel Mob Attacks Disney Actress Natasha Ward, Who Said Stop &#039;Pretending Trans Women Are Not Men&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcancel-mob-attacks-disney-actress-natasha-ward-who-said-stop-pretending-trans-women-are-not-men%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Disney-owned ABC\u00a0drama <i>Station 19<\/i>\u00a0star Natasha Ward, a former University of California, Irvine, track and field athlete, said \u201cpretending that trans women are not men who have a biological advantage and their place an undue burden on biological women is make believe and it is not science or fact.\u201d This is rare from a Hollywood actor. Now a cancel mob is in full-fledged attack mode against her.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha Ward posted a lengthy\u00a0Instagram message, saying \u201cWe need to have this conversation\u201d about the growing number of trans athletes dominating women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In her post, Ward said that it is possible to support transgender people without also supporting transgender athletes, \u201cwho have a biological advantage,\u201d competing against women.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20376794\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/AP21057664569836.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In this Feb. 7, 2019 file photo, Bloomfield High School transgender athlete Terry Miller, second from left, wins the final of the 55-meter dash over transgender athlete Andraya Yearwood, left, and other runners in the Connecticut girls Class S indoor track meet at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Conn. (AP Photo\/Pat Eaton-Robb, File)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In her Instgram post that she has subsequently deleted, Ward insisted that, \u201cSupporting #transfreedom does not mean it\u2019s ok to violate the rights of biological women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretending that trans women are not men who have a biological advantage and therefore place an undue burden on biological women is make believe and it is not science or fact,\u201d Ward added.\u00a0\u201cWhen \u2018your truth\u2019 trumps \u2018THE TRUTH\u2019 and forces me to pretend that it\u2019s not a lie we have a very real problem,\u201d Ward continued n the Instagram post.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The actress continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the long run, women will have to take illegal substances in order to beat men \u2018identifying\u2019 as women in women\u2019s sports. Ultimately pushing women out of the upper echelons of elite sports entirely as we biologically cannot compete apart from enhanced substances. Forcing women to endanger their health. That is a That is fact. Your truth is not the truth and when it infringes upon fact and places an undue burden which displaces my rights, we have gone too far.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Almost immediately, though, Ward\u2019s attempt to have a serious discussion made her a target of leftists who appear to have no desire for debate on the issue of trans athletes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Natasha Ward, an actress on Disney-ABC show Station 19, and a former athlete, has posted &#8220;We need to have this conversation&#8221; about males in women&#8217;s sports. It resulted in online abuse and calls for her to be sacked, so other actors and producers on the show have \u2026 condemned her <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WP4sCFK1lC\">pic.twitter.com\/WP4sCFK1lC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ripx4nutmeg (@ripx4nutmeg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ripx4nutmeg\/status\/1506561512017702923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One Twitter user called for Ward to immediately be fired from the TV show.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNatasha ward deserves to be held accountable for what she\u2019s said about trans women,\u201d a Twitter user angrily <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/travichughes\/status\/1505969045874610177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cYou can\u2019t have a show an cast that celebrates diversity whilst having a known transphobe in the cast. do better station 19. please do what you must.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is wrong with you #NatashaWard this is just downright degrading to trans women,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erfightmastersx\/status\/1505890557167652870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> another attacker. \u201cNobody is taking away cos womens rights by being trans. I don\u2019t feel violated. this is basically saying that trans women aren\u2019t real women. @station19 you might want to get rid of her. @station19.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Another Twitter user attacked the producers of <i>Station 19<\/i> for not making sure all its employees toed the leftist ideological line, saying, \u201cyou\u2019d think that the casting directors of station 19 would have made sure that their actors were FULLY supportive of the lgbtq+ community, given that most of their views come from us. \u2019m disgusted at the actions of natasha ward and frustrated that this is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One social media critic simply <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ameliasmaddie\/status\/1505677934299959296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cwhat natasha ward posted is absolutely disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comments like those above flooded Twitter and Instagram after the actress posted her call for a conversation on women\u2019s rights. The attacks soon caused Ward to set her Instagram account to private.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Some of the criticism was based on the ABC\u2019s recent decision to go all-in to support the \u201cLGBTQIA+\u201d agenda in the wake of Florida\u2019s introduction of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Bills\/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=76545&#038;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parental Rights in Education<\/a> bill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PDazRs8iSu\">pic.twitter.com\/PDazRs8iSu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC (@ABCNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCNetwork\/status\/1506254371780239362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many of the critics simply called for Ward to be fired from her show claiming she is \u201cviolating\u201d ABC\u2019s policy of supporting transgenderism. ABC\u2019s owner, Disney, has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/22\/disney-holds-emergency-town-hall-to-appease-lgbtq-employees-vows-to-fight-texas-transgender-measure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gone all in<\/a> for transgenderism.<\/p>\n<p>Others, of course, jumped to Ward\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever heard of Natasha Ward or her show, but the indoor kids are crying to get this woman fired for speaking rational truth,\u201d a Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/largemarge777\/status\/1505892431396421632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThey cry for no debate because they have \u2026 no argument.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney-owned ABC\u00a0drama Station 19\u00a0star Natasha Ward, a former University of California, Irvine, track and field athlete, said \u201cpretending that trans women are not men who have a biological advantage and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1400901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1400901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}