U.S. women's national team players took the field for their SheBelieves Cup opener on Thursday sporting white and purple tape around their wrists, a dual statement of solidarity with their Canadian opponents and with transgender people in general.
The USWNT's message was reminiscent of a similar one sent last February during a game in Texas. Shortly after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter saying that gender-confirming care should be investigated as child abuse, several U.S. players wore wristbands that read:"Protect Trans Kids."
"To deny gender-affirming resources to trans kids and to threaten their parents and guardians with claims of child abuse is MONSTROUS,""The inclusion of trans kids in sports is the inclusion of kids in sports," forward Alex Morgan said last week."Everyone should have the ability to play sport. And the fact that it's being taken into politics, so big, is really sad. And I think it's at the cost of trans kids' lives.
Sauerbrunn also published an op-ed in the Springfield News-Leader earlier this month to advocate for the inclusion of trans girls and women in sports."Since I started playing soccer, I’ve faced countless challenges to gender equity in sport, from pay disparity to unsafe working conditions," she wrote."I can assure you that playing with or against transgender women and girls is not a threat to women’s sports.
Canadian players also wore the white tape around their left wrists, with the purple tape around their right wrists. And they took the field prior to the game with their warmup tops inside out, to hide the Canadian Soccer Association's logo.
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