{"id":905222,"date":"2026-09-22T10:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/905222\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:18:28","slug":"i-hate-being-used-wnba-star-brianna-turner-takes-strong-stand-on-trans-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/905222\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I hate being used’ – WNBA star Brianna Turner takes strong stand on trans rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brianna Turner didn\u2019t hold back when addressing critics using the WNBA as a political talking point.<\/p>\n

After weeks of media noise and political stunts from outside figures, the conversation around transgender athletes in the WNBA has largely quieted down. The attempts to turn the league into a culture war talking point have lost steam, shifting public focus right back to where players want it, the basketball itself. <\/p>\n

However, Las Vegas Ace\u2019s star Brianna Turner still has the transgender issue in the back of her mind and is actively pushing for the topic to be put to bed. <\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI hate being used as something to dismantle the rights of trans people. The people doing this, they don\u2019t care about the WNBA<\/a>. They just want to make a mockery of it. They kind of want to embarrass us. They could care less about the WNBA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her interview with Them<\/a> cut straight to the core of how public debates get manipulated. She isn\u2019t just defending trans rights, she\u2019s calling out bad-faith actors who use women\u2019s sports as a shield to push political agendas, like Enes Kanter and Royce White. <\/p>\n

While things have cooled down recently, both figures spent weeks pushing their agendas. Kanter taking a direct, hands-on approach<\/a> while White leaned into a mock persona called \u201cRoyshia.\u201d<\/p>\n

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