{"id":2286466,"date":"2024-07-01T00:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T04:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-doesnt-answer-questions-about-biological-male-athletes-competing-against-females-washington-examiner-6\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T00:24:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T04:24:19","slug":"megan-rapinoe-doesnt-answer-questions-about-biological-male-athletes-competing-against-females-washington-examiner-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-doesnt-answer-questions-about-biological-male-athletes-competing-against-females-washington-examiner-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Rapinoe avoids discussing biological male athletes in female competitions &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fmegan-rapinoe-doesnt-answer-questions-about-biological-male-athletes-competing-against-females-washington-examiner-6%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=2286466&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>During a\u2062 Seattle Pride \u2064parade, former women&#8217;s\u200c soccer \u200cplayer Megan Rapinoe was asked by journalist Katie Daviscourt about her stance \u2062on \u2064transgender women competing in female athletic competitions. The question\u200b referenced a past\u2063 incident where the U.S. women&#8217;s soccer \u2064team lost to \u2063a boys&#8217; \u2064high school team, implying \u2062a concern about fairness in sports competitions. \u2064Rapinoe, who was part of the parade festivities alongside former WNBA \u2064player Sue Bird, \u2062appeared taken aback by the\u200b question, responding initially with a chuckle and a bewildered exclamation. As the\u200c conversation potentially grew more \u200cheated, a security guard intervened, positioning himself between Rapinoe and\u2063 Daviscourt, while Bird offered \u2064physical support to Rapinoe. Daviscourt continued to press the issue, raising questions about fairness in sports \u2062as related to transgender competitors.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Former women&rsquo;s soccer player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/megan-rapinoe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Megan Rapinoe\">Megan Rapinoe<\/a> was seemingly left speechless on Sunday when a journalist asked her to elaborate on her belief that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-off-to-a-fast-start-with-executive-orders-but-does-he-know-whats-in-them-and-can-he-explain-how-any-help-the-average-american\/\" title=\"Biden Is Off to a Fast Start with Executive Orders But Does He know What\u2019s In Them and Can He Explain How Any Help the Average American?\">biological male athletes<\/a> should compete against females in athletic competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe was the Grand Marshal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/seattle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Seattle&rsquo;s<\/a> &ldquo;Pride&rdquo; parade on Sunday. As part of the festivities, Rapinoe was seated in a white BMW convertible with former WNBA player Sue Bird and driven along the parade route. While the car was moving, Rapinoe was approached by <em>The Post Millennial<\/em> journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1807487125220421939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katie Daviscourt <\/a>and asked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>transgender<\/a> women competing against females.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your U.S. women&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-doesnt-answer-questions-about-biological-male-athletes-competing-against-females-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Megan Rapinoe avoids discussing biological male athletes in female competitions - Washington Examiner\">soccer team famously lost<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/women-shouldnt-accept-third-place-in-a-race-they-won\/\" title=\"Women Shouldn\u2019t Accept Third Place In A Race They Won\">high school boys<\/a>. Do you really think it&rsquo;s fair for these same boys to be competing in girls&rsquo; sports?&rdquo; Daviscourt asked.<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe chuckled at the question before uttering, &ldquo;My God,&rdquo; to herself and then reaching for a drink. A security guard then walked up to position himself between Rapinoe and Daviscourt, and Bird put her arm over the retired soccer player. Yet, Daviscourt continued with her questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do you think it&rsquo;s fair? Why should trans people compete against young girls?&rdquo; Daviscourt continued. &ldquo;Why should trans people compete against young girls? Do you not think that they&rsquo;re gonna get hurt? Are they gonna get hurt? I&rsquo;m a journalist. I just wanna know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe never answered any of Daviscourt&rsquo;s questions. However, the former Olympian&rsquo;s silence was in stark contrast to her previous vocal support for biological males (transgender women) competing against females in athletic competitions. In a previous interview, Rapinoe even suggested that she would support a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-doesnt-answer-questions-about-biological-male-athletes-competing-against-females-washington-examiner-2\/\" title=\"Megan Rapinoe avoids discussing biological male athletes in female competitions - Washington Examiner\">biological male hypothetically taking<\/a> a roster spot of an actual female on the United States Women&rsquo;s National Team if the player identified himself as a female.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Absolutely,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6293102\/megan-rapinoe-world-cup-2023-interview-retirement\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">she said in an interview with <\/a><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6293102\/megan-rapinoe-world-cup-2023-interview-retirement\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Time <\/a><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6293102\/megan-rapinoe-world-cup-2023-interview-retirement\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in July 2023<\/a>. &ldquo;&lsquo;You&rsquo;re taking a &lsquo;real&rsquo; woman&rsquo;s place,&rsquo; that&rsquo;s the part of the argument that&rsquo;s still extremely transphobic,&rdquo; Rapinoe said. &ldquo;I see trans women as real women. What you&rsquo;re saying automatically in the argument&mdash;you&rsquo;re sort of telling on yourself already&mdash;is you don&rsquo;t believe these people are women. Therefore, they&rsquo;re taking the other spot. I don&rsquo;t feel that way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe, 38, is a two-time women&rsquo;s soccer World Cup champion and an Olympic gold and bronze medalist. She retired in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former women&#8217;s soccer player Megan Rapinoe appeared speechless when asked about her stance on biological male athletes competing against females. Rapinoe, who served as Grand Marshal at Seattle&#8217;s &#8220;Pride&#8221; parade, did not respond during the event&#8217;s festivities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2286467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP23271637442218-1024x548.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33420,32969,33412],"class_list":["post-2286466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-female-competitions","tag-megan-rapinoe","tag-transgender-athletes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP23271637442218-1024x548.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286466","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2286466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2286467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}