{"id":2024134,"date":"2023-09-06T23:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T03:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burned-at-the-stake-lax-coach-at-uber-liberal-oberlin-college-targeted-over-trans-athlete-stance\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T23:03:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T03:03:09","slug":"burned-at-the-stake-lax-coach-at-uber-liberal-oberlin-college-targeted-over-trans-athlete-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burned-at-the-stake-lax-coach-at-uber-liberal-oberlin-college-targeted-over-trans-athlete-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Lax coach at Oberlin College targeted for trans athlete stance, faces backlash."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fburned-at-the-stake-lax-coach-at-uber-liberal-oberlin-college-targeted-over-trans-athlete-stance%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=2024134&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--><h2>The Head Coach \u2062Taking a Stand for Women&#8217;s Sports<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-celebrates-natl-law-enforcement-appreciation-day\/\" title=\"Country celebrates Nat\u2019l Law Enforcement Appreciation Day\">head coach<\/a> of the women\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duke-lacrosse-accuser-suing-for-defamation-after-media-reported-she-fatally-stabbed-her-boyfriend-she-was-convicted-of-second-degree-murder\/\" title=\"Duke Lacrosse Accuser Suing For Defamation After Media Reported She \u2018Fatally\u2019 Stabbed Her Boyfriend. She Was Convicted Of Second-Degree Murder.\">lacrosse team<\/a>\u200c at progressive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ohio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio<\/a>-based private school Oberlin College has become a\u2063 target \u200cafter she posted a message\u2062 on her personal\u200b Instagram \u2063account standing up for \u200cbiological women \u200cin women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Russell, 56, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-gymnastics-coach-associated-with-larry-nassar-commits-suicide-right-after-being-charged-for-intercourse-trafficking\/\" title=\"USA Gymnastics Coach ASSOCIATED WITH Larry Nassar Commits Suicide Right after Being Charged For SEX Trafficking\">reportedly subjected<\/a> to a series of disciplinary \u200bhearings after she shared a post congratulating female NCAA swimmer Emma Weyant, who lost \u200bher first-place podium spot to transgender athlete \u200bLia Thomas\u200d at last year\u2019s women\u2019s swimming championships.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you believe?\u200b I can\u2019t be quiet on this \u2063\u2026 I\u2019ve spent my life playing sports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burned-at-the-stake-lax-coach-at-uber-liberal-oberlin-college-targeted-over-trans-athlete-stance\/\" title=\"Lax coach at Oberlin College targeted for trans athlete stance, faces backlash.\">starting &#038; coaching sports programs<\/a> for girls &#038; women,\u201d Russell captioned \u200bthe Instagram \u2064post.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One\u200d of \u2063Russell\u2019s players,\u2063 whom the \u200ccoach said she was close\u2062 to,\u200d allegedly complained\u200c about Russell\u2019s post\u200b to administration. Russell says she was swiftly scolded, \u200btold by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byu-rooting-out-racism-task-force-calls-for-race-conscious-religious-curriculum-admissions-standards\/\" title=\"BYU \u2018Rooting Out Racism\u2019 Task Force Calls For \u2018Race-Conscious\u2019 Religious Curriculum, Admissions Standards\">associate vice president<\/a> \u2062of\u2063 athletics that she was \u201cfilled with hate,\u201d and\u200c asked to write\u200b an apology letter. But \u2064Russell refused.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is\u2062 my job to be a voice for everyone who is\u2064 too \u2063afraid, who needs to keep \u2062their job, who thinks they have to\u200b stay\u200c in line and toe whatever line that is, who is stuck in the mob and too afraid to \u200drock the boat, because if I don\u2019t speak out, who is going \u2062to \u2063speak?\u201d Russell \u2062said in a\u2062 video for Independent Women\u2019s Forum (IWF).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Russell recalled being forced into a gathering \u2063with Diversity Equity\u200d and\u200b Inclusion (DEI) officials and her players, which she said\u200c turned \u200dout to be a gathering where she felt \u200d\u201cburned at the stake\u201d \u200band \u2062personally \u2063attacked.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the coach recorded the meeting.\u2064 One of \u2062the \u200dplayers can be heard seemingly\u2062 targeting Russell for her race, telling \u2064the coach she can\u2019t just work \u2063to advance \u201cwhite feminism.\u201d Others suggested her views had an unacceptable \u201cimpact\u201d on the school, which \u2062has a high \u201cLGBTQ+ population.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is scientific\u2064 that, biologically, males and females are different. \u200bPeriod,\u201d a defiant\u200d Russell \u2064told IWF. \u201cI don\u2019t\u200c believe biological\u2062 males should be in women\u2019s locker rooms. Where\u2019s\u2064 the Me\u2064 Too movement now? What happened to that?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE\u2062 APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oberlin gave Fox News \u2064a statement claiming that the school is committed to free speech.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFreedom\u2062 to express one\u2019s views is a cornerstone of our democracy and is certainly important to our Oberlin College community,\u201d the statement \u200dsaid, adding that staffers should \u201creflect upon any potentially negative \u2062posts and the impact they could have upon \u200byour ability \u2063to effectively perform the roles and responsibilities of your job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Russell feels\u200d like\u200b she\u2019ll soon be fired,\u2063 though the \u200cschool has declined \u200dto tell\u2063 her if she\u2019s broken any of their policies. The coach, though, says she\u2019s ready for any storm that \u2062might\u200b be coming.<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH:<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/three-years-later-gibsons-bakery-finally-receives-36-million-from-oberlin-college-after-false-racism-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three \u200cYears Later, Gibson\u2019s Bakery Finally Receives $36 Million\u2062 From Oberlin College After False Racism Claim<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The women&#8217;s lacrosse team coach at Oberlin College, a progressive Ohio private school, faced backlash for supporting biological women in sports on her personal Instagram. 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