SYDNEY (AP) — Seven Manly Sea Eagles players have withdrawn from a National Rugby League match in Australia because they’re unwilling to wear their club's inclusion jersey. The jersey has rainbow stripes and a rainbow collar — in place of the regular white sections — to support LGBTQ inclusion in sports, and the club plans to use it for one game against Sydney Roosters.

“The players will not play on Thursday and we accept their decision,” Hasler said. “These young men are strong in their beliefs and convictions and we will give them the space and support they require.

remove them from your team, make cancel culture real I beg of you :trans-gun:

  • MtF_DOOM [she/her,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    That history of colonization can be true and also still be internalized bullshit they need to work through if they’re in a position of public influence.

    Māori culture has a long and proud tradition of multiple gender identities outside the colonial gender binary as well as notions of queerness. There are are a lot of trans and GNC Māori folk bigots like that are actively harming.

    You’re right that there is complexity there and also the material impact of bigotry and hate remains a deep rooted problem that must be addressed.