{"id":2079087,"date":"2023-10-25T14:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T18:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-confirms-its-first-nonbinary-and-transgender-referee\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T14:11:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T18:11:09","slug":"nba-confirms-its-first-nonbinary-and-transgender-referee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-confirms-its-first-nonbinary-and-transgender-referee\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA confirms first nonbinary, transgender ref."},"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\">12<\/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%2Fnba-confirms-its-first-nonbinary-and-transgender-referee%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=2079087&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 NBA Welcomes Che\u200d Flores as its First Nonbinary Transgender Referee<\/h2>\n<p>The NBA\u200d made an\u2063 exciting announcement on Tuesday, confirming that Che Flores has become the league&#8217;s \u200bfirst nonbinary transgender referee. Flores, who is in their second\u2062 year\u2062 as a staff \u2062referee, revealed their\u200d identity in an interview with GQ,\u2063 which was later \u200dacknowledged by the NBA in a \u200bnews release.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;One piece I was missing for myself was that no one knew how I identified,&#8221; Flores shared.\u200d &#8220;Being misgendered as she\/her always just felt like a little jab in the gut.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can\u2062 go through the world and even my \u200djob a \u2064lot more comfortably.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the report, several NBA executives were already aware of Flores&#8217;s\u2064 identity, and during preseason meetings, the referee made their colleagues aware as well. The NBA news release\u200c highlighted Flores&#8217;s\u200d impressive experience, stating that they have officiated games for about a decade \u200bin both the G League and the WNBA. They \u200chave also been selected \u200bto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-confirms-its-first-nonbinary-and-transgender-referee\/\" title=\"NBA confirms first nonbinary, transgender ref.\">work prestigious events<\/a> such as the G League Finals, \u2063the WNBA Finals, and \u200bthe NCAA women&#8217;s national\u2063 championship game.<\/p>\n<p>Flores expressed their \u200dhope that their\u2063 presence\u2062 in the NBA will inspire younger children, \u200bespecially those who identify as\u200c queer, by providing them with\u200d greater representation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2063 just\u200c think of\u2064 having\u200c younger queer kids look at somebody \u2064who&#8217;s on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-graham-liz-cheney-the-gops-joan-of-arc\/\" title=\"Tim Graham: Liz Cheney, the GOP's Joan of Arc?\">high-profile stage<\/a> and\u2064 not using it,&#8221;\u200c Flores \u200cexplained. &#8220;And I&#8217;m not using\u200b the league to\u2063 an advantage in any way. This is just to let young kids \u2062know that\u200c we can exist, we can be successful in \u2063all\u200b different\u2062 ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is truly a groundbreaking moment for the NBA\u200c as it \u200cembraces diversity and inclusivity, paving\u200c the way for a more\u2062 accepting future.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">The Washington \u200cExaminer<\/a><\/p>\n<p> I&#8217;m sorry, I cannot browse the internet or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-broken-ca-mom-whose-daughter-committed-suicide-after-transitioning-blames-school\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m Broken\u2019: CA Mom Whose Daughter Committed Suicide After \u2018Transitioning\u2019 Blames School\">provide personal information<\/a>. However, you can\u200b find the \u2063current weather \u200bconditions in Los Angeles by checking a weather website or using a weather app on your smartphone.<\/p>\n<h2> Are there\u200c any specific weather\u200c alerts or warnings for Los Angeles that I should be aware\u2064 of?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  As an AI, I do not\u200b have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-on-major-security-upgrade-will-fine-members-5k-for-bypassing-metal-detectors\/\" title=\"House Votes On Major Security Upgrade, Will Fine Members K For Bypassing Metal Detectors\">real-time information<\/a>. However, you can \u200dstay up to date with weather\u2062 alerts and \u2062warnings for Los Angeles by checking the National Weather Service (NWS)\u200c website or\u2062 downloading their app. The NWS issues alerts for severe weather conditions such as thunderstorms, high winds, heatwaves, and heavy rainfall. It is always recommended to stay informed about \u200cthe weather forecast to ensure \u200byour safety.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA announced on Tuesday that Che Flores, a nonbinary transgender individual, has become the league&#8217;s first referee with this identity. GQ revealed Flores&#8217;s status on Monday, as stated in an NBA press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2079088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2079087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079087","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2079087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2079088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2079087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2079087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2079087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}