Portland's Sports Bra Boycotts Women's Elite Rugby, Expels XX-XY Shirt Wearers Over Trans Policy
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Portland's Sports Bra Boycotts Women's Elite Rugby, Expels XX-XY Shirt Wearers Over Trans Policy
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Summary
The Sports Bra in Portland earlier this summer stopped showing Women's Elite Rugby after the league said it would follow USOPC policy barring transgender athletes from competing.
The bar said on Instagram the boycott was meant to support players, fans and organizers pushing rugby to uphold "respect, integrity and inclusion," adding that it includes trans women and girls "always."
The policy fight drew wider attention after the bar also ejected a group of customers wearing XX-XY Athletics shirts, with video showing staff saying the apparel made other patrons uncomfortable.
The twin moves triggered a social-media backlash and raised questions about which women's sports the bar will air, since the report says the NCAA, WTA, Olympics and FIBA follow similar USOPC rules.