XX-XY Athletics founder Jennifer Sey slams Nike over its alleged funding of child transgender athletes study

XX-XY Athletics laminitis Jennifer Sey slammed Nike implicit its alleged backing of a survey connected puberty blockers for children and however it would impact their diversion and grooming performance.

The probe is looking to observe however overmuch aesculapian involution determination needs to beryllium for a antheral to "fairly" vie successful girls’ and women’s sports. 

The archetypal conception that Nike was allegedly backing was successful a New York Times nonfiction published implicit the play astir the plight of Blaire Fleming – the San Jose State Spartans transgender pistillate volleyball subordinate who played a arguable relation successful the 2024-25 NCAA women’s volleyball season.

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A Nike swoosh logo astatine Nike by Eugene. (Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)

OutKick pointed retired that the portion mentions Joanna Harper, a trans pistillate who studies transgender athletes, is "currently helping to pb an ambitious survey of trans adolescents that measures their results connected a 10-step fittingness trial earlier they commencement hormone therapy and then, aft they person begun to medically transition, each six months for 5 years."

The nonfiction past read, "But, she told maine erstwhile we talked successful February, ‘the existent clime makes the survey somewhat uncertain.’ I assumed she was referring to the Trump administration’s cuts to National Institutes of Health probe grants, but she said wealth was not a problem: The survey is being funded by Nike. The occupation was Trump’s abstracted bid targeting aesculapian attraction for transgender youth. ‘If we can’t execute gender-affirming care,’ she explained, ‘then we can’t bring radical into the study."

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Nike for comment. The institution has not yet to connection immoderate clarification connected the matter, according to OutKick.

Sey appeared connected "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich" and wholly eviscerated the thought of the survey adjacent happening.

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Jennifer Sey founed XX-XY Athletics successful March 2024. The connection of the sanction of the marque "is that determination is empirical truth. Biology is true," she said. (XX-XY Athletics)

"She’s trying to recognize what they telephone ‘retained antheral advantage’ and is determination small capable of it that these boys tin walk for competing with girls," Sey said. It’s truthful incorrect connected truthful galore levels. . . . Why is simply a footwear marque progressive successful this astatine all?

"But from a women’s and girls’ perspective, we are not impaired boys. It’s truthful degrading to deliberation of america that way. Would we bash a survey that says, ‘How galore fingers tin we chopped disconnected of a lad to marque it OK for him to vie successful tennis with a girl?’ That’s what we’re doing here. Outside of the information that wherefore is Nike incentivizing this benignant of work? This experimental aesculapian attraction of young boys that disfigures them and sterilizes them for life."

Sey said she thought the determination to money a survey similar this whitethorn person happened years ago.

"Senior executives astir apt didn’t cognize what was happening. This is thing that happened heavy successful the organization," Sey suggested. "And this Harper thought, helium was arrogant of it, and helium talked astir it. . . . I judge Nike is like, ‘Oh, crap. Now we person to support ourselves.’"

Apr 7, 2017; Arcadia, CA, USA; An jock holds a Nike logo baton successful the starting blocks during the 50th Arcadia Invitational astatine Arcadia High. (Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)

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Sey said Nike should conscionable travel retired and apologize and instrumentality distant backing for this benignant of research.

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